Sheryl Sandberg
Sheryl Kara Sandberg (born August 28, 1969) is an American technology executive, philanthropist, and writer. Sandberg served as
chief operating officer (COO) of
Meta Platforms, a position from which she stepped down in August 2022. She is also the founder of
LeanIn.Org. In 2008, she was made COO at Facebook, becoming the company's second-highest ranking official. In June 2012, she was elected to Facebook's
board of directors, becoming the first woman to serve on its board. As head of the company's advertising business, Sandberg was credited for making the company profitable. 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. Before that, Sandberg served as research assistant to
Lawrence Summers at the
World Bank, and subsequently as his
chief of staff when he was
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. 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. In 2022, she announced she would be stepping down as Meta COO in the fall but that she would remain on its board.
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