Thanks to Van Natta’s hiring at Facebook not working out, Zuckerberg knew exactly what he needed in a COO by the time he hired Sandberg. Zuckerberg spent over 100 hours with Sandberg before he hired her, making sure they would work well together and outlining her role. Sandberg joined the company in early 2008 when Facebook was four years old. When Emily White joined Snapchat, the company was about two and a half years old. That may not seem like a big difference, but it’s an eternity for a company growing as fast as Snapchat was in 2013 (and Facebook in the 2000s).
