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Dina Powell McCormick is Meta’s president and vice chair. Who is this ex-Trump official?
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Meta announced Monday (January 12) that former Trump administration official Dina Powell McCormick is joining the company as its president and vice chairman. The United States president called her ‘fantastic, and very talented, person’. With over a decade of experience in global finance, Powell McCormick will help guide the overall strategy of Facebook’s owner company
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