Sam Lessin, a former product management executive at Facebook and old friend to Mark Zuckerberg, incorporated his latest startup under the name “Fin Exploration Company.” Why? Well, because he wanted ...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg jumped into the fight over Harvard University’s future on Friday, the latest prominent business leader to do so at a moment of turmoil for the elite university. Zuckerberg ...

In a blog, Drop.io confirmed that they have “struck a deal with Facebook” and this gives Facebook much of the technology and assets of the website. Consequently, Sam Lessin will reunite with Facebook ...

The Techonomy 2012 conference outside of Tucson, Ariz. wrapped up with a session featuring two Facebook team members: Sam Lessin, Project Manager, and David Fischer, VP of Business and Marketing ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Facebook has recruited an entrepreneur who played a key role in the ...

Sam Lessin, Facebook's VP of product, will leave the company on August 29, he announced on his Facebook page Thursday evening. Lessin joined Facebook in 2010 when Facebook acquired his startup Drop.io ...

Influential Facebook executive Sam Lessin is leaving the social networking giant, saying he plans to spend some time kite-surfing, skiing, and general adventuring / possibly some trouble making.

Shortly after noon on March 10, Sam Lessin hit send on an email to about 300 people. As a former executive at Facebook, and the co-founder of investment firm Slow Ventures, Lessin is known among ...

Facebook VP of product management Sam Lessin just announced he’s leaving the social network. The announcement came as a post on Lessin’s personal Facebook page saying, “Esteemed colleagues, it is with ...

Facebook has bought the assets of New York-based Drop.io, which ran a cloud-based data storage service. Drop.io's founder, Sam Lessin, a member of this year's Silicon Alley 100, is headed to Facebook.