There's A Meta Diaspora Building The Fastest-Growing Ad Platforms | AdExchanger

Friday, August 28th, 2026 – 5:00 am

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Ex-Meta employees are spreading out across the ad ecosystem, and they are taking roost in new trees.

If you look at both the senior leadership and the rank and file of OpenAI, TikTok, Amazon Ads, Roku and more, you’ll find many Meta alums.

I wrote about this trend in AdExchanger this week, so, on this week’s podcast, our managing editor, Anthony Vargas, interviews me about the reporting that went into the piece and what the future holds now that Meta employees have spread far and wide.