Ime Archibong

Short description: American businessperson

Ime Archibong

Born|  (1982-01-01) January 1, 1982 (age 42)

Kansas City, Kansas, United States

Education| Yale University (BS)
Stanford University (MBA)
Occupation| Businessperson
Board member of| Capital One

Ime Archibong (born January 1, 1982) is an American technology business executive. He is the vice president of product management and head of Messenger product at Meta Platforms, and one of the highest-ranking Black executives at Meta.[1][2] In 2015, he was a "40 Under 40: Tech Diversity in Silicon Valley" honoree.[3]

## Contents

* 1 Early life and education
* 2 Career
* 3 Board membership
* 4 Nonprofit organizations
* 5 References

## Early life and education

Ime Archibong was born on January 1, 1982, in Kansas City, Kansas. His parents are university professors and first-generation immigrants from Nigeria.[4] They lived in North Carolina for most of his upbringing.[5]

Archibong attended Yale University, where he double-majored in electrical engineering and computer science and obtained his Bachelor of Science degree. He was on Yale's varsity basketball team from 1999 to 2003,[1] where he was team captain.[6]

After starting off his career at IBM, Archibong completed a Master of Business Administration degree at Stanford Graduate School of Business School.[1] He is an alumnus of Management Leadership for Tomorrow's MBA Prep program.[7] In 2016, Archibong participated in the Presidential Leadership Scholars program.[8]

## Career

Archibong worked as a software engineer for IBM, initially focusing on storage research technology.[3][6] After deciding to shift his focus to business strategy, he pursued his MBA and moved into corporate strategy and advanced technology business development at IBM.[9]

In 2010, Archibong left IBM and joined the Facebook team as manager of strategic partnerships. His first role was in leading a global team that would build partnerships with other companies.[10]

Archibong has led Facebook's division focused on new product experimentation since its launch in 2019. The team is tasked with creating new apps for Meta. According to CNBC , Mark Zuckerberg regularly relies on Archibong when he comes up with ideas for special projects.[1] He helped create Internet.org, a product of Meta and an initiative that plans to connect the world to the internet.[11]

During the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, Archibong spoke to the Facebook team on his experience as a Black man in America. He notably made public posts on his personal Facebook regarding the same. He was considered the “unofficial leader” of the Black employee base.[1]

He has used his position at Meta to push for diversity and inclusion. He played a role in creating a resource group for Black employees and the Black Community Summit, a two-day event held for the company's Black employees. Currently, he has a team working on products that focus on racial justice.[1]

As of March 2023, Archibong is vice president of product management and head of the Messenger product at Meta.[12] He is also listed as an inventor on more than a dozen patents.[1]

## Board membership

Archibong is a member of the board of directors at Capital One.[9]

## Nonprofit organizations

Archibong has been involved with several nonprofit organizations, including Grace Science Foundation,[13] Unreasonable,[14] Live In Peace,[15] GLIDE,[16] and Girl Effect.[17]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Rodriguez, Salvador (2020-07-12). "As Facebook's unofficial Black leader, Ime Archibong is pursuing racial justice while seeking the next big thing" (in en). https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/12/facebooks-ime-archibong-head-of-npe-top-black-product-vp.html.
2. ↑ Rodriguez, Salvador (2020-05-23). "Mark Zuckerberg led Facebook to an all-time high this week — here's who runs the company with him" (in en). https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/23/who-runs-facebook-here-are-the-execs-under-mark-zuckerberg.html.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Osuagwu, Prince (2016-09-07). "Meet Ime Archibong; the Nigerian who runs things @Facebook". Vanguard. https://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/09/meet-ime-archibongthe-nigerian-runs-things-facebook/.
4. ↑ Martin, Will. "The 21 most powerful black and ethnic minority executives in the UK, USA, and Ireland" (in en-US). https://www.businessinsider.com/upstanding-ranking-of-the-most-powerful-bame-executives-2016-5.
5. ↑ Richardson, Nikita (2015-01-16). "Ime Archibong: Facebook Exec Discusses What Startups Can Learn About Diversity From IBM". Fast Company. https://www.fastcompany.com/3040635/ime-archibong-facebook-exec-discusses-what-new-tech-companies-can-learn-about-diversity-from.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Archibong '03 Found his Calling at Facebook" (in en). 2021-02-10. https://yalebulldogs.com/news/2021/2/10/mens-basketball-archibong-03-found-his-calling-at-facebook.aspx.
7. ↑ "MLT Rising Leader Spotlight: Ime Archibong - From Engineering to Strategic Partnerships at Facebook" (in en-US). 2015-10-01. https://mlt.org/blog/mlt-rising-leader-spotlight-ime-archibong-from-engineering-to-strategic-partnerships-at-facebook/.
8. ↑ Streett, Stephanie S.; Kuzmich, Holly (2018-07-10). "Six Leaders Who Helped Move the World Forward in 2016" (in en). https://stories.clintonfoundation.org/six-leaders-who-helped-moved-the-world-forward-in-2016-4012ff6e7eb9.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Griset, Rich (2021-03-02). "Capital One taps new board members from Facebook, Nike" (in en-US). https://www.virginiabusiness.com/article/capital-one-taps-new-board-members-from-facebook-nike/.
10. ↑ Pham, Alex (2013-01-07). "Facebook's Ime Archibong On 2013's Music Strategy, Timeline Grumbling" (in en-US). Billboard. https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/facebooks-ime-archibong-on-2013s-music-strategy-timeline-grumbling-1510486/. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
11. ↑ Boorstin, Julia (2016-04-14). "The man working to connect the world for Facebook" (in en). https://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/14/the-man-working-to-connect-the-world-for-facebook.html.
12. ↑ blackentrepreneurprofile.com. "Ime Archibong" (in en-CA). https://www.blackentrepreneurprofile.com/people/person/ime-archibong.
13. ↑ "Ime Archibong" (in en-US). https://gracescience.org/technology-board/ime-archibong/.
14. ↑ "Ime Archibong — Unreasonable Mentor" (in en). https://unreasonablegroup.com/people/ime-archibong/.
15. ↑ "Our Team" (in en-US). https://www.liveinpeace.org/team.
16. ↑ "Board of Directors" (in en-US). https://www.glide.org/board/.
17. ↑ Effect, Girl (2022-09-23). "Who We Are - girleffect.org" (in en-US). https://girleffect.org/who-we-are/.

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