Meta co-founder Dustin Moskovitz spoke about the pains of leadership, admitting that 13 years as CEO were “exhausting.”

Moskovitz, one of the original founders of Meta, formerly Facebook, co-founded the social platform in 2004 along with Mark ZuckerbergEduardo Saverin, Chris Hughes and Andrew McCollum.

After leaving Facebook in 2008, he retained a share of just over 8%, making him a billionaire with a net worth of $12 billionaccording to the most recent data from Forbes. That same year he became co-founder and CEO of work management software platform Asana.

Moskovitz announced his departure as CEO of Asana earlier this year and has assumed the role of president, while retaining ownership of 53% of the company’s outstanding shares between Class A and Class B holdings.

The billionaire recently talked about what it was like to be CEO of Asana, while also having an introverted personality, on an episode of the show. Ben Thompson Strategy Podcastpublished on Monday.

“I don’t like managing teams and that wasn’t my intention when we started Asana,” Moskovitz said during the episode.

“I had intended to be more independent or head of engineering or something. Then one thing led to another and I was CEO for 13 years and I found it quite exhausting.”

He added: “I’m an introvert, I had to put on that face day after day and then at first I thought, ‘Oh, it’s going to get easier, the company is going to get more mature,’ and then the world kept getting more chaotic – Trump’s first presidency, the pandemic and all that race stuff, it made building the company a lot less, being a CEO means reacting to problems a lot more and doing this kind of stuff.”

Several notable business leaders have described themselves as introverts, from Meta’s Zuckerberg to the co-founder of Microsoft. Bill Gatesand Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Warren Buffett.

Susan Cain, author of “Silence: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking,” said introverts are often overlooked for leadership positions and thrive more in quieter, less stimulating environments.

He said introverts have some hidden traits that may make them suitable for leadership positions, such as taking fewer risks, being more creative and being better at problem solving.

Cain said introverted leaders can be “slow” and “circumspective” when making decisions, which helps them avoid impulsive or reckless moves.

They also tend to seek more solitude, which is “a real catalyst for creativity,” according to Cain.

“This two-tiered structure of how we view personality leads to a colossal waste of talent, energy and happiness,” Cain said. “We need to take a much more yin and yang balancing approach between the two styles.”