Facebook Wants to Be Friends With Robert Gibbs
By MICHAEL D. SHEAR
¶Robert Gibbs, who recently left his job as press secretary for President Obama, could be headed to Silicon Valley for a high-powered communications job at Facebook, my colleague Andrew Ross Sorkin reports over at Dealbook.
¶The talks between Facebook and Mr. Gibbs don’t appear to have reached any conclusion yet, according to Mr. Sorkin’s reporting. But the possibility is intriguing, especially given the assumption that Mr. Gibbs would spend the next 18 months working on Mr. Obama’s re-election effort.
¶That could still happen as an off-duty pursuit while working at Facebook. Or Mr. Gibbs could decide to turn Facebook down to pursue other options.
¶But Facebook represents a potential financial bonanza for Mr. Gibbs, who is married with a young son. The company is set to go public soon, and the compensation package for Mr. Gibbs reportedly would include stock options that could be worth millions of dollars.
¶If Mr. Gibbs did leave Washington for Facebook — and if that meant setting aside his political duties — it would be a blow to Mr. Obama and his other top advisers, who have been counting on Mr. Gibbs as a central part of the early messaging for the re-election campaign.
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