Meta Taps Former The RealReal CEO to Help Sell Its Smart Glasses

Meta Platforms Inc. has hired the former chief executive officer of luxury goods marketplace The RealReal Inc. to boost its retail sales channels for Quest headsets, smart glasses and other artificial intelligence wearables.

John Koryl is joining the social networking giant as vice president of retail, reporting to Chief Technology Officer Andrew Bosworth, the company said Friday in a memo to employees.

“It’s no secret that products like Quest, Ray-Ban Meta, and AI wearables require a different kind of customer experience beyond the standard retail offerings,” Bosworth said in the memo. “We see an opportunity to build more direct ...