(Bloomberg) -- Carolyn Everson, who joined Instacart Inc. three months ago as president, is stepping down at the end of the year.
One of the grocery delivery startup’s high-profile recent hires, Everson said in a statement that her departure was “the best decision for the company and for me personally.” Everson was part of a wave of veterans from Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms Inc., who joined Instacart in the last year. She worked at Facebook for a decade and spent much of that time closely working with Fidji Simo, who left a top post at the social networking giant to become Instacart’s chief executive officer in August.
Simo, who took over from Instacart co-founder Apoorva Mehta, said in a statement that the decision to part ways with Everson was mutual and that she “leaves as a friend to the company.” Everson had been overseeing retail, advertising, business development, human resources, legal and partnerships, and said in a social media post that she’s looking forward to taking some time to reflect ahead of her 50th birthday.
Instacart, which is aiming to go public under its new leadership, was d by investors in March at $39 billion. In October, Instacart’s head of advertising, Seth Dallaire, left for Walmart Inc., but the San Francisco-based company still remains focused on expanding its advertising business, which Simo called “a very big driver of growth.”
CNBC reported earlier on Everson’s departure.
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