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Andrew W. Houston — Board Member Accountability Profile

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Category: Private Citizen — Corporate Director Role: Independent Director, Meta Platforms Inc. (META) Board Tenure: 2020 – present Committee Memberships: Compensation, Nominating & Governance Committee Profile Type: Board Member Accountability — Anchor B (Documented Organizational Leadership)

> Basis for Inclusion: Andrew W. Houston holds a documented governance role as an independent director and compensation committee member at Meta Platforms Inc., which made documented political donations to Trump-aligned entities while facing significant regulatory scrutiny. This profile documents the factual governance relationship, 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). This profile documents only the governance role and its connection to documented corporate political activity.

> What is NOT the basis for inclusion: Houston’s personal political opinions, party affiliation, public statements, or any protected speech are NOT the basis for inclusion. The basis is solely the documented directorial role and its fiduciary connection to corporate political spending documented in the parent corporate donor profile.

Biographical Overview

Andrew “Drew” Houston co-founded Dropbox in 2007 and has served as its CEO and Chairman since 2020 (CEO since founding). Dropbox, the cloud file storage and collaboration company, went public in March 2018. Under Houston’s leadership, Dropbox pioneered the consumer cloud storage market before pivoting toward business productivity with its Work in Progress strategy. As of mid-2026, Dropbox has approximately 700 million registered users.

Houston joined the Meta board in 2020. His concurrent CEO role at Dropbox — a cloud storage company whose business models intersect with both Meta’s enterprise collaboration interests and the broader regulatory environment around data privacy — gives him relevant operational perspective on the issues that Meta’s governance bodies oversee.

He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT.

Board Role and Governance Authority

  • Company: Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META)
  • Board tenure: 2020 – present
  • Committee assignments: Compensation, Nominating & Governance Committee
  • Day job: Co-founder, CEO & Chairman, Dropbox Inc.

Other Current Board Memberships

  • Dropbox Inc. (NASDAQ: DBX) — in executive capacity as CEO and Chairman

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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