Sheryl Sandberg
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| Born | Sheryl Kara Sandberg August 28, 1969 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Education | Harvard University (AB, MBA) |
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| Years active | 1991–2022 |
| Title | Chief Operating Officer of Meta Platforms (2008–2022) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Board member of | Meta Platforms Women for Women International Center for Global Development SurveyMonkey |
| Spouses | Brian Kraff
(m. 1993; div. 1994)Dave Goldberg
(m. 2004; died 2015)Tom Bernthal (m. 2022) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Jon Bernthal (brother-in-law) |
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Sheryl Kara Sandberg (born August 28, 1969)[2] is an American technology executive, philanthropist and writer. She was the chief operating officer of Meta Platforms from 2008 to 2022 and the founder of LeanIn.Org.[3][4][5]
Sandberg is the first woman to have been elected to Facebook's board of directors.[6] As head of the company's advertising business, Sandberg has been credited for making the company profitable.[4] Prior to joining Facebook as its COO, Sandberg was vice president of global online sales and operations at Google and was involved in its philanthropic arm Google.org. Sandberg graduated from Harvard University, later serving as a research assistant to Lawrence Summers at the World Bank and subsequently his chief of staff when he became Bill Clinton's United States Secretary of the Treasury.
In 2012, she was named in the Time 100, an annual list of the most influential people in the world.[7] On Forbes Magazine's 2021 billionaires list, Sandberg is reported to have a net worth of US$1.7 billion, due to her stock holdings in Facebook and in other companies.[8] In 2022, she announced she would be stepping down from Meta in the fall but would remain on its board.[9] In January 2024, she announced that she would not stand for re-election to the board in May 2024.[10]
As of July 2025, Sandberg's net worth is estimated to be $2.4 billion according to Forbes.[8]
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