Meta’s chief global affairs and policy leader Joel Kaplan will leave the company after more than 15 years, multiple outlets report. Bloomberg, cited by The Next Web, says he will depart in 2027 and stay through the US midterm elections, though the exact timing details are not stated in every account.
Across coverage, outlets frame Kaplan as a senior figure in Meta’s policy and government-relations work and a long-standing bridge to the Trump administration. The Wall Street Journal notes that his departure comes as Meta President Dina Powell McCormick, a former official from the first Trump administration, has risen in prominence. The New York Times adds background on Kaplan’s prior role as a former adviser to George W. Bush and says he helped build Meta’s relationship with the Trump administration.
Other reporting focuses on continuity: Business Insider says Kaplan will leave after the midterms and a transition period, without naming a successor. Several outlets also mention that McCormick and Meta’s legal chief, C.J. Mahoney, are taking on more policy responsibilities, though not all summaries provided include those specifics.
