Freddy Gottesman

Freddy grew up in Austin and graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in Marketing. He joined Meta’s Austin office in 2011 to work on advertiser operations. In 2013 he moved to San Francisco to work at headquarters as a product manager. He’s had a very successful career at Meta working to solve some of the company's hardest problems and top priorities. Highlights include work on Integrity, Facebook News Feed, Facebook Stories, Messenger video calling, and Instagram Reels. He’s currently a product director on Meta’s Generative AI org, leading the product team working on AI for media creation and creative tools.

Freddy lives in Marin County California with his wife and two young boys. He loves snowboarding & surfing when he can find the time.