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Category: Private Citizen — Corporate Director Role: Independent Director, Meta Platforms Inc. (META) Board Tenure: 2024 – present Committee Memberships: Risk & Strategy Committee Profile Type: Board Member Accountability — Anchor B (Documented Organizational Leadership)

> Basis for Inclusion: Dana White holds a documented governance role as an independent director and Risk & Strategy Committee member at Meta Platforms Inc., which made documented political donations to Trump-aligned entities while facing significant regulatory scrutiny. White is a personal friend of Donald Trump and was a featured speaker at the Republican National Convention in 2024. His selection to the Meta board in 2024 occurred alongside Meta’s broader political repositioning toward the Trump administration. This profile documents the governance role and its context, not the subject’s personal political views.

> Subject Classification: Private Citizen / Corporate Director. Board membership is a matter of public record (SEC filings, proxy statements). White’s voluntary public political role — speaking at the Republican National Convention — is documented as factual context for the governance appointment.

> What is NOT the basis for inclusion: White’s general personal political opinions, party affiliation, or protected speech are NOT independently the basis for inclusion. The basis is the documented governance role at a politically active corporation, with the public political context noted as factual background.

> Existing profile note: A fuller individual accountability profile for Dana White has been created separately. This board-member profile documents his governance role at Meta specifically.

Biographical Overview

Dana White has been President and CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) since 2001. Under his leadership, the UFC grew from a struggling organization to one of the world’s most watched combat sports leagues, ultimately selling to Endeavor Group Holdings in 2016 in a deal valued at approximately $4 billion. The UFC-WWE merger created TKO Group Holdings in 2023.

White is a longtime personal friend of Donald Trump and spoke at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. His appointment to the Meta board in 2024 was part of Meta’s broader recalibration of its board and political posture in the lead-up to the 2024 presidential election. He attended the University of Massachusetts Boston.

Board Role and Governance Authority

  • Company: Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META)
  • Board tenure: 2024 – present
  • Committee assignments: Risk & Strategy Committee
  • Day job: President & CEO, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) / TKO Group Holdings

Parent Corporate Donor Profile

This profile is a governance-accountability companion to the Meta Platforms corporate donor profile, which documents the corporation’s political spending, pending government business, and favorable outcomes under the Trump administration.

Sources

  • Meta Platforms Inc. DEF 14A Proxy Statement, filed April 16, 2026 (annual meeting May 27, 2026)
  • SEC EDGAR filing: Meta Platforms Inc. (CIK 1326801)
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