Andrew Bosworth
Also known as Boz
Meta's chief technology officer and head of Reality Labs; built Facebook's first News Feed.
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- Andrew "Boz" Bosworth is Meta's chief technology officer and head of Reality Labs.
- He joined Facebook in January 2006, built the original News Feed, Messenger and Groups, led the move to mobile advertising, and from 2017 ran the AR/VR group he renamed Reality Labs in 2020.
- He became CTO in 2021.
- Before Facebook he worked on Microsoft Visio.
- He writes essays at boz.com.
Key facts
- Born
- 7 January 19821
- Current role
- Chief technology officer of Meta (from 2021) and head of Reality Labs1
- Joined January 2006; built News Feed, Messenger and Groups; led the move to mobile advertising (2012)1
- Ads
- Ran the Ads and Business Platform group, taking annual revenue from $4 billion to $40 billion in five years2
- Reality Labs
- Led AR/VR from 2017; renamed it Reality Labs in 20201
- Earlier
- Developer on Microsoft Visio1
- Army Reserve
- Commissioned lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve, Detachment 201 (2025)1
- Education
- Harvard University, 20041
Roles
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- MetaOrganization
Chief Technology Officer (from 2021) and head of Reality Labs; joined Facebook January 2006 · since Jan 2006 source on Meta
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