Marne Lynn Levine (born 1970) is an American businesswoman. She is the chief business officer at Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook, Inc.). Previously, she was the first

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of Instagram. She also served as a special assistant for economic policy to President

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and was the chief of staff for the National Economic Council.

Early life

Marne Lynn Levine is the daughter of Mark Levine, an ophthalmologist of

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, Ohio, and Teri Levine. She was born to Jewish parents and graduated from

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in 1988. She majored in

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and speech communications at Miami University in Ohio and graduated in 1992. In 2005, she graduated from Harvard Business School.

Career

From 1993 to 2000, she worked at the

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on issues like the 1997 Asian financial crisis and

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. She was the chief of staff from 2001 to 2003 for

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president

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. From 2006 to 2008, she was a

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at Revolution Money. From 2009 to 2010, she served in the administration of President Barack Obama as the chief of staff for the National Economic Council and special assistant to the president for economic policy. Levine was vice president of global public policy for

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from 2010 to 2014, when she became the first chief operating officer of Instagram. In 2018, she became the vice president of global partnerships, business and corporate development for Facebook. In June 2021, Levine was named chief business officer of Facebook, Inc. which was renamed Meta Platforms.

Boards

Levine is a member of the board of

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, a non-profit founded by Facebook COO

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to empower women. Levine is also on the board of directors of

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and

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. She is a member of the

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Personal life

On June 21, 2003, Levine married Philip Deutch who was then a

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. They are Jewish and have two sons. Her father-in-law, John M. Deutch, was the director of central intelligence (DCI) during the presidency of

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. Levine suffered a partial hearing loss at age four, but because of embarrassment did not start using hearing aids until 2015, when she was in her 40s; she said they have improved her life "exponentially".

Recognition

She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2016.

References

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