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...Cohler told me this morning that he'll be continuing to consult for Facebook. "Facebook doesn't have an advisory board per se. But I'll still be working with [Facebook founder and CEO] Mark Zuckerberg in an ongoing capacity," he said. "I should point out that this is absolutely not an operations role, it'll be more of an advisory role...
...news for Facebook: It lost its functional second in command today. Matt Cohler, 31, who oversees the Facebook "product" and is generally perceived to be the core of the original management team, is joining Benchmark Capital, a powerful Bay Area venture capital firm...
...Insiders say that Cohler's move was precipitated by Facebook's recent hire of Sheryl Sandberg as chief operating officer. Sandberg, who in March defected from rival Google, where she built up the search giant's sales operation, is said to have great operational chops. That, observers say, created some overlap with Cohler, who was among the first five employees hired at Facebook - and founder Mark Zuckerberg's first "outside" executive - when he joined the start...
...Cohler denied that Sandberg's hire had anything to do with his move: "Sheryl is a close friend of mine. Mark and I recruited her to the company together. There is zero operational overlap between what she does and I do at Facebook. We are very complementary...
...losing Cohler has got to be a real blow to the service. He's got tons of smarts and maturity and came to Facebook via LinkedIn, a social network for business users he helped Reid Hoffman, the legendary Silicon Valley entrepreneur, found. "He's the soul of Facebook," one Valley insider, who knows Cohler and works closely with Facebook, told me. "He is driving the service, the user experience. That's his thing...