Instacart President Everson to Leave Company After Four Months
Barely three months after taking the helm as president of grocery delivery service Instacart, Carolyn Everson announced in a Facebook post Friday (Dec. 10) that she will be leaving the company at the end of the year.
Prior to joining Instacart Sept. 7, Everson had worked for more than 10 years at Facebook.
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In her Facebook post, Everson referenced Instacart CEO Fidji Simo — also a former Facebook executive — and said, “we both agreed that this was the best decision for the company and for me personally. Although my time was short, I saw firsthand what happens when an exceptional team is pulled together with an ambitious vision, and I cannot wait to watch and cheer on the journey and success of the team. Fidji and the team will always have a huge fan in me.”
Simo agreed that Everson’s departure was the “right decision” for Instacart, CNBC reported. Everson will stay on through the end of the year.
It was not immediately clear who, if anyone, would replace Everson as president.
Everson’s departure follows a string of leadership changes, including the October resignation of another Instacart executive, Seth Dallaire, who took a chief revenue officer position at Walmart.
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Soon before Everson left Facebook for Instacart, Simo, then one of the highest-ranking women executives at the social media giant, jumped ship to take the reins at Instacart as its CEO.
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Simo, who had served as vice president and head of the Facebook app, replaced Instacart’s then-CEO and founder, Apoorva Mehta. Mehta, who had requested that Simo join the board earlier in the year, transitioned into a new position as executive chairman upon Simo’s hiring.
In January, veteran Goldman Sachs investment banker Nick Giovanni joined Instacart as its chief financial officer, replacing Sagar Sanghvi.