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Meta CFO's Wild Ride: From Wall Street Prodigy to Market Trough

“The joke people have about Instagram is that the ads are better than the content. As someone who uh bought like 25 umbrellas that change color in the rain off of a ad, they work. They do. They are a source of real delight.”
- Susan Li, Chief Financial Officer of Meta

Meta CFO Susan Li, the youngest CFO of a Fortune 100 company, shares her extraordinary journey. Discover how she navigated Meta through its market low, the company's bold bets on AI and the metaverse, and the surprising truth about Instagram ads.

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Chapter 1Meet Meta's Youngest Fortune 100 CFO

00:27

Chapter 2Starting Wall Street at 19: A Mortifying Debut

01:52

Chapter 3The "Phenom" Mentor Who Taught Me Excellence

03:30

Chapter 4The CFO Who Saw My Future Before I Did

04:30

Chapter 5Mark Zuckerberg's World-Class Feedback Loop

05:30

Chapter 6The Embarrassing SQL Moment That Changed My Career

08:00

Chapter 7"Meta Ads Are Better Than the Content" – True Story

09:00

Chapter 8Investing in the Metaverse: More Than Just a Hobby

11:30

Chapter 9Meta's Portfolio Bet Strategy: Why Most Fail

12:00

Chapter 10Taking the Helm: Becoming CFO at Meta's Lowest Point

12:45

Chapter 11What Everyone Missed About Meta in 2022

14:10

Chapter 12Why Meta's CFO Wears a "Free Cash Flow" Hat

15:30

Chapter 13The Looming Challenge of AI Compute at Scale

20:40

Chapter 14How AI Will Make Humans More Productive (and Approve Expenses!)

TopicsTech Industry & Market Analysis Investing & Capital Markets Social Media & Augmented Reality AI Foundations & Research E-commerce & Consumer Tech

Top Moments

25 color-changing umbrellas

Instagram Ads Are Better Than Content

Too much power consumption

The SQL Meeting That Changed Everything

Market cap troughed

Becoming CFO at Meta's Lowest

Why EBITDA isn't enough

The Story Behind Meta's Free Cash Flow Hat

Unforgettable career advice

My CFO Predicted My Future

Direct, respectful, world-class

Mark Zuckerberg's Feedback Secret

Child prodigy? Not really.

Started College at 15

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Meta CFO Susan Li on Navigating Market Troughs, AI's Future, and Why Ads Are Better Than Content

Susan Li, the youngest CFO of a Fortune 100 company, offers a candid look into Meta's strategic decisions, financial philosophy, and the personal journey that led her to the top. From her early days on Wall Street to steering Meta through market turbulence, Li provides a rare glimpse into the mind of a leader at the forefront of tech.

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