Good morning! Former TaskRabbit CEO raises Cherryrock Capital’s first fund, X pressures Interpublic to increase client spending, and Fortune’s Lila MacLellan reports on a former Meta marketing director filing a lawsuit about gender bias at the company.
- Taking on Meta. When Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, found himself under attack last month over comments about “masculine energy” and reported remarks about his former COO Sheryl Sandberg, several senior women at the company came to his defense, posting messages of support on Threads. Naomi Gleit, head of product, for example, wrote: “I am here today because Meta and Mark have been a champion of women and anyone of any background who brings excellence and grit.”
Kelly Stonelake, a former Meta marketing director who is now suing her ex-employer for sexual discrimination and retaliation, wasn’t surprised by the posts. “You can have a reality where one senior woman has a positive experience,” she told me, “and another sees an organization where you can't sustain a career at any level as a woman when you're bringing bad news to men.”
