Meta names Alex Schultz first chief data officer

Meta names Alex Schultz first chief data officer FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: The logo of Meta at the Meta Lab in Los Angeles · Reuters Reuters Wed, July 1, 2026 at 6:27 PM GMT+2 1 min read META July 1 (Reuters) - Meta said on Wednesday its chief marketing officer Alex Schultz will become the ‌company's first chief data officer, to better manage ‌AI analytics globally. The Facebook-parent also promoted its vice president of consumer ​marketing and growth, Denise Moreno, to marketing chief. • "My focus in this new role will be helping transform how Meta learns and makes decisions in the AI era," Schultz ‌said in a LinkedIn ⁠post.

• The leadership changes signal at Meta's move to deepen its focus on data-driven ⁠decision-making and AI integration across its operations. • Schultz joined the company in 2007 and held responsibilities across various domains ​like ​developing Meta's brand strategy and ​WhatsApp privacy campaigns, according ‌to his LinkedIn page. • Shares of Meta were up 10% after Bloomberg News reported earlier on Wednesday that the company is building a cloud business to sell excess AI computing capacity.

• A 17-year veteran at Meta, ‌Moreno began her career managing email ​marketing and growth experiments, she ​said in a ​separate post. • Axios first reported about Meta ‌naming Schultz as its chief ​data officer and ​elevating Moreno as CMO. • Meta is projected to spend as much as $145 billion on AI infrastructure this ​year, a ‌significant portion of Big Tech's more than $700 billion outlay ​on the technology.