Beyond talent, other qualities that make the way to greatness and success include intelligence, intelligence, organization; possessing good economic skills and having a deep concern for others. All of these and more are attributes of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.
She is an American technology executive, activist, and author; one of the most influential women and phenomenal entrepreneurs in the world. Time named her to its list of the 100 most influential in 2012 and to the Jerusalem Post in 2013, which ranked her 8th among the 50 most influential Jews in the world.
Sheryl Sandberg Biography
On August 28, 1969, in Washington, DC, Sheryl was born and given the name Sheryl Kara Sandberg. She is the eldest of three children (Sheryl, Michelle and David) born to their parents. His nationality is American and his ethnicity is Ashkenazi Jew.
Youth and education
When she was 2 years old, her family moved to North MiamiBeach, Florida where she attended North Miami Beach High School. She was still at the top of her class in high school and it was no wonder she got ninth place with a grade point average of 4.646. Sheryl had quite a portfolio in high school which includes:
- Sophomore Class President
- A member of the National Honor Society
- A member of the upper class executive council
- An aerobics instructor
She enrolled at Harvard College in 1987 where she aPhi Beta Kappa earned her bachelor’s degree in economics in 1991 as recommended by the highest graduation.
At Harvard, she co-founded an organization called Women in Economics and Government. She would later meet then-professor Larry Summers, who would become her mentor and thesis supervisor. She became Larry’s research assistant at the World Bank for nearly a year and worked on health projects in India. Health fighters she has had to deal with include leprosy, AIDS and blindness.
Sheryl enrolled at Harvard Business School in 1993 and earned a fellowship the first year. In 1995, she obtained her MBA with the highest distinction.
Career
Sheryl Sandberg began her career as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company. After that, she worked for Lawrence Summers, Secretary of the United States Treasury, as Chief of Staff during the administration of Bill Clinton from 1996 to 2001.
She would later work for Google as Vice President of Global Online Sales and Operations since November 2001. At Google, she handled online sales of Google’s advertising and publishing products. Exploiting consumer products from Google and Google Book Search has also made its prowess felt.
During this period, which lasted 7 years, she participated in the launch of the philanthropic arm of Google, Google.org.
After Google, she joined Facebook in March 2008 following an unofficial meeting with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at a Christmas party. He was given the position of chief operating officer of Facebook, a position which was not necessary, but which his remarkable qualities and his past results earned him.
Before entering the system, the company was more interested in building an impressive site. However, she focused on making profits by making inputs and bringing in ideas that generate a lot of profits.
She became the first woman to serve on Facebook’s board after being elected as the eighth member by current board members in June 2012.
Other leadership positions
His leadership roles are not limited to Facebook. The phenomenal woman is a member of the board of directors of companies such as Walt Disney Company and Starbucks Corp (2009 to 2012). She also sits on several nonprofit boards, including Women for Women International, Center for Global Development, and V-Day.
Sheryl was a director of eHealth, Inc. from 2006 to 2008 and a director of SurveyMonkey since July 2015.
Books and initiatives for women
The Facebook COO has always been interested in women, dating back to her college days when she co-founded Women in Economics and Government. She is a strong supporter of increasing the number of women in leadership positions.
She encourages women to lean in and not hold back. To work hard, stick with what they love and never let yourself down by reminding them that they’re awesome. Sheryl Sandberg is seen as a source of inspiration for women who wish to successfully reconcile the demands of motherhood and those of a high-calibre career.
She has published a book, Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead and in 2013 founded Leanin.org (also known as the Lean In Foundation). The foundation is dedicated to providing women with the ongoing inspiration and support to help them achieve their goals. In 2014, she sponsored the controversial ‘Ban Bossy’ campaign.
Her second book which she co-authored with psychologist and friend, Adam Grant, was published in April 2017. The book is titled Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy. The book is about grief where she revealed the heartbreaking moment she found her husband dead in a hotel gym and the agony of times that followed.
Family, husband and children of Sheryl Sandberg
The Jewish family of Adèle ( née Einhorn), a middle school French teacher and Joel Sandberg, an ophthalmologist, is Sheryl’s birthplace.
Her parents were active participants in the battle for the right of Jews to emigrate from the Soviet Union to Israel. The couple took their children to protests to defend their rights. His father was one of many American Jewish community activists who fought for the right of Soviet Jews to emigrate.
Sheryl married her first husband, Brian Kraff in 1993 at the age of 24 but divorced a year later in 1994. Brian is the founder of Market Hardware, Inc and is also known to be the founder and CEO of eStudentLoan .com.
Ten years after her divorce, she went to her marriage to Dave Goldberg in 2004. Dave was an executive at Yahoo! at the time of their marriage, but later became the CEO of SurveyMonkey.
A very unfortunate thing happened on May 1, 2015, while the duo was vacationing in Mexico. It was the day her beloved husband died. His death was attributed to a head injury, falling from a treadmill, but it was later discovered to be due to cardiac arrhythmia.
She said that although things will never be the same, the world is getting better for the years he has lived. She described their union as 11 joyful years of the deepest love, happiest marriage and true partnership she could imagine.
Sheryl recalled her experiences in her marriage. She said she was deeply understood, truly supported, completely and utterly loved. What a wonderful man her husband was.
The couple have two wonderful children, a son (born in 2005) and a daughter (born in 2007). She lives in Menlo Park, California.
Sheryl Sandberg net salary
Sheryl owns shares in Facebook and other notable companies and has amassed a net worth of over $1 billion. As a Starbucks board member, his annual salary was $280,000.
In 2017, she was worth $1.58 billion and ranked number seven on the Forbes Power Women list and number 14 on the Forbes America Self-Made Women list. His net worth is increasing and in January 2018, it was $1.61 billion.