Thursday, October 04, 2012

Not enough female types in Silicon Valley: Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook'sbusiness-side leader

Sheryl Kara Sandberg (born August 28, 1969)[2] is an American businesswoman. She has served as the chief operating officer of Facebook since 2008, says Wikipedia.

In June 2012, she was also elected to the board of directors by the existing board members,[3] becoming the first woman to serve on its board. Before Facebook, Sandberg was Vice President of Global Online Sales and Operations at Google. She also was involved in launching Google's philanthropic arm Google.org. Please see this video interview.

Before Google, Sandberg served as chief of staff for the United States Department of the Treasury. In 2012, she was named in Time 100, an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world assembled by Time.[4]