UFC head Dana White joins Meta’s board, Mark Zuckerberg’s second key right-wing appointment in a week

New York CNN — Meta has named three new members to its board of directors, including Dana White, the Ultimate Fighting Championship chief executive who played a key role in the reelection of his longtime friend, President-elect Donald Trump. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced White’s appointment — along with Charlie Songhurst, a tech investor who has been advising Meta on artificial intelligence, and John Elkann, CEO of Exor, a holding company that owns several automotive and other brands — in a Facebook post Monday. White’s appointment is particularly notable as it comes amid a broader apparent ideological shift to the right within Meta’s top ranks, and as Zuckerberg seeks to improve his relationship with Trump before the president-elect takes office later this month. Kaplan, who held several key roles, including deputy chief of staff for policy, in President George W. Bush’s White House before joining Meta in 2011, is “clearly the right person for the right job at the right time,” Clegg said in his announcement.