Who is Joel Kaplan? Meta's Chief Global Affairs Officer to leave in 2027 after nearly 16 years at the company

Meta Platforms' Chief Global Affairs Officer Joel Kaplan is set to leave the company in 2027, following the US midterm elections, a company representative has confirmed.Kaplan, a close adviser to Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg and a prominent figure with strong Republican connections, took charge of Meta's global policy operations shortly before Donald Trump began his second presidential term in early 2025.He joined Meta in 2011 to lead its US public policy operations. Before that, Kaplan worked on former President…