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Database company MongoDB’s CEO Chirantan “CJ” Desai is leaving his post with immediate effect to take a senior position at Meta Platforms. This is stated in a press release.
The board has appointed Dev Ittycheria as interim CEO with immediate effect. He was CEO of MongoDB between 2014 and 2025, when the company’s annual revenue increased from approximately 35 million dollars to more than 2.3 billion dollars.
MongoDB has begun searching for a permanent successor and hired a recruitment firm. The company is also reiterating its forecasts for the third quarter and the full 2027 fiscal year that were provided on September 1.
At Meta, Desai will become Chief Enterprise Platform Officer and report directly to CEO Mark Zuckerberg. He will lead the initiative for Meta Enterprise Platform, a new business area focused on AI solutions for enterprises. The platform will be built on Meta’s AI models, agents and infrastructure, with the AI agent Muse among the components of the offering.
MongoDB is falling more than 23 percent in premarket trading following the announcement. Meta is down 0.7 percent.
