Randi Zuckerberg Sister of Facebook CEO & co-founder Zuckerberg, leaves FB to start own Co. RtoZ.

Here is one of the most powerful and popular person in the world of Social Networking and internet Mark Zuckerberg's Sister leaving her post to start a her new company. Randi Zuckerberg, who is Director of marketing at Facebook and also Sister of CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg is leaving Facebook to start her own media company to help companies with social media initiatives. Miss Zuckerberg has been with Facebook since near the beginning of the company's rise to power.
She has been nominated for an Emmy for her work with Facebook Live and helped Facebook partner with major media companies on political and election coverage. Her new company will be called RtoZ Media according to AllThingsD.
Zuckerberg's new company, RtoZ Media, will focus on helping companies become more social. "My goal is to launch my own innovative programming and work with media companies to develop their programming in new, and more social ways," Zuckerberg said in her letter.
In a phone call with Mashable, Zuckerberg said that she thinks of the move as a “natural extension” and had been considering the move “for a really long time.” With the success of Facebook Live and the Facebook-Obama town hall, she saw an opportunity to start her own companyZuckerberg did say that she will continue to be a "strong, vocal evangelist for the most incredible social platform ever created" and will be happy to advise Facebook on media projects and Facebook Live.
“I had the momentum to do it now,” she said.
The news, first reported by Kara Swisher at AllThingsD, will come as a shock to the Silicon Valley establishment. Randi Zuckerberg has been a pivotal figure in Facebook’s growth, and her departure will create a void that not even her brother will be able to fill.

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