Cox joined Facebook in 2005 as one of its first fifteen software engineers and played a role in the development of News Feed.[5][6] He held various executive roles before being promoted to chief product officer in 2014.[7]
In May 2018, he was put in charge of the company's apps including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger.[8] In 2019, he was listed on the Forbes 40 Under 40 list,[9] as well as Fast Company's list of "Most Creative People in Business".[10]
In March 2019, Cox announced that he was leaving Facebook, after Zuckerberg announced plans for the company to focus on developing encrypted messaging across its applications.[11] He returned to the company as chief product officer in June 2020.[12][13]
Personal life
Cox married a fellow Stanford University alum and director Visra Vichit-Vadakan in 2010.[14][15]
^"21. Chris Cox". Fast Company. 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2020-04-01. His quest took him to the legendary Symbolic Systems program at Stanford, and into post-graduate work in the university's natural language processing group