Meta's appointment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO to its corporate board could kick off a new trend.

Meta has appointed three new members to its board of directors. The new members include Dana White, the president and CEO of Ultimate Fighting Championship and a key figure in the orbit of incoming President Donald Trump.

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Meta has named three new members to its board of directors, including Dana White, the Ultimate Fighting Championship chief executive who played a key role in the reelection of his longtime friend, President-elect Donald Trump.

UFC CEO Dana White and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg are officially in business together. On Monday, White was named to Meta's Board of Directors. White was named to the Meta board of directors alongside Exor CEO John Elkann and tech investor Charlie Songhurst.

Dana White, president and CEO of UFC, is joining the board of Meta, one of three new directors announced today by Mark Zuckerberg's social media giant. The other two are John Elkann, who runs the Agnelli family investment company Exor,

Dana White, CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship gestures as he speaks during a rally for Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden, in New York,

UFC CEO Dana White was among three new members of Meta Platforms Inc.'s board of directors, as the strong Donald Trump supporter teams up with Mark Zuckerberg's company.

Dana White, CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and a longtime friend of Donald Trump, is joining the board of Facebook parent Meta two weeks before the new administration begins.