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Alexandr Wang, who leads Meta’s Superintelligence Labs, is being touted as a potential successor to Mark Zuckerberg, the Financial Times says in a profile published on 17 October.

The headline-level account also says sources describe Wang as “an operator” and say he had Zuckerberg’s full support during Meta’s AI revamp. That makes this a glimpse of how Wang’s standing inside Meta is being discussed, not evidence that a succession plan exists. A possible successor is a long way from a named heir. Still, when the person leading a company’s AI push enters that conversation, the leadership angle is worth watching.

Discuss: Should a company’s AI chief be seen as a plausible successor because of their role in a major strategic shift, or is that reading too much into internal support?

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