Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg 'survives' leadership vote
An attempt to make Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg step down as the company's chairman has failed.
At the company's annual general meeting on Thursday, shareholders had the opportunity to vote on Mr Zuckerberg's leadership.
Mr Zuckerberg is both Facebook's chief executive and the chairman of its board of directors.
He controls about 60% of the voting power and would only have lost if he voted against himself.
Some investors have called for him to step down as chairman as they believe this would help him focus on running the company.
One of those investors is Trillium Asset Management, which owns Facebook shares worth about $7m (£5.5m).
"If he can focus on being the CEO, and let somebody else focus on being independent board chair, that would be a much better situation," Jonas Kron, senior vice-president at Trillium, told the BBC ahead of the vote.
He said Mr Zuckerberg could take inspiration from Google's Larry Page and Microsoft's Bill Gates, who are company founders but not chairman of the board.
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