<p>Meta Platforms Inc said on Tuesday its Messenger head Stan Chudnovsky, who is also leading the integration of the social media network's messaging apps, will leave the company in 2022.</p>.<p>Chudnovsky joined Meta, formerly known as Facebook, over seven years ago as product head for messaging. He was promoted to head Messenger in 2018.</p>.<p>He had previously worked as global strategy head at Paypal after IronPearl, a user tracking company he co-founded, was acquired by the payments firm in 2013.</p>.<p>"I'll be leaving Meta at some point in Q2 next year," Chudnovsky said in a Facebook post https://www.facebook.com/stan.chudnovsky/posts/10159023611147058.</p>.<p>"I have no plans to retire, but I am looking forward to taking a good, many months long break."</p>.<p>Facebook has been trying to tie together messaging across its suite of apps and first enabled it between Instagram and Messenger last September. It made a similar move with its namesake app and Messenger in August.</p>.<p>Chudnovsky said Loredana Crisan, who has worked at Meta for almost six years, will step into the role of leading Messenger that includes Instagram messaging and Messenger Kids.</p>.<p>Maher Saba, who joined the company in 2013, will oversee the remote presence products and head engineering, according to Chudnovsky's post.</p>.<p>Facebook in October changed the name of its holding company to Meta, undergoing a rebranding at a time when lawmakers and regulators have criticised its market power, algorithmic decisions, and the policing of abuses on its services.</p>.<p><strong>Check out the latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>
<p>Meta Platforms Inc said on Tuesday its Messenger head Stan Chudnovsky, who is also leading the integration of the social media network's messaging apps, will leave the company in 2022.</p>.<p>Chudnovsky joined Meta, formerly known as Facebook, over seven years ago as product head for messaging. He was promoted to head Messenger in 2018.</p>.<p>He had previously worked as global strategy head at Paypal after IronPearl, a user tracking company he co-founded, was acquired by the payments firm in 2013.</p>.<p>"I'll be leaving Meta at some point in Q2 next year," Chudnovsky said in a Facebook post https://www.facebook.com/stan.chudnovsky/posts/10159023611147058.</p>.<p>"I have no plans to retire, but I am looking forward to taking a good, many months long break."</p>.<p>Facebook has been trying to tie together messaging across its suite of apps and first enabled it between Instagram and Messenger last September. It made a similar move with its namesake app and Messenger in August.</p>.<p>Chudnovsky said Loredana Crisan, who has worked at Meta for almost six years, will step into the role of leading Messenger that includes Instagram messaging and Messenger Kids.</p>.<p>Maher Saba, who joined the company in 2013, will oversee the remote presence products and head engineering, according to Chudnovsky's post.</p>.<p>Facebook in October changed the name of its holding company to Meta, undergoing a rebranding at a time when lawmakers and regulators have criticised its market power, algorithmic decisions, and the policing of abuses on its services.</p>.<p><strong>Check out the latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>