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Accidental Leadership Epidemic: Facebook Co-founder Reveals CEO Burnout as Study Shows 82% of Bosses Never Planned to Manage

Dustin Moskovitz, Facebook cofounder and former Asana CEO, reveals the exhausting reality of accidental leadership. New research indicates 82% of managers never planned to lead teams, creating a growing workplace management crisis affecting companies worldwide.

The Accidental CEO

Dustin Moskovitz, the millennial co-founder of Facebook who later established Asana, has revealed that his thirteen-year tenure as CEO was never part of his original plan, according to reports. Despite building Asana into a $3.4 billion publicly traded company, Moskovitz told Stratechery that he found the leadership role “exhausting” and fundamentally mismatched with his personality.