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Top 10 Facts About Sheryl Sandberg

Sheryl Sandberg 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.

Sandberg was born in 1969 in Washington, D.C., to a Jewish family. Her father is an ophthalmologist, and her mother was a college teacher of the French language. Here are the top 10 facts about Sheryl Sandberg.

1. Sheryl has been featured on the Time 100 list of the most influential people

In 2012, Sandberg was named in the Time 100, an annual list of the most influential people in the world. Sandberg has been ranked one of the 50 “Most Powerful Women in Business” by Fortune Magazine. 

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. Read more on 55 Most Influential Women Entrepreneurs. 

2. Sandberg served as the chief operating officer of Meta Platforms

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In 2008, she was made COO at Facebook, becoming the company’s second-highest-ranking official.  As head of the company’s advertising business, Sandberg was credited for making the company profitable. 

The COO is usually the second-in-command at the firm after the CEO. The COO is responsible for the daily operation of the company. Meta company owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, among other products and services.

3. Sheryl is the founder of LeanIn.Org.

LeanIn.Org also known as Lean In Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded by Meta Platforms chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg in 2013 dedicated to offering women the ongoing inspiration and support to help them achieve their goals. 

The organization desires to support women in three main ways: community, education, and circles, or small, coordinated peer groups that meet to share their experiences and learn together. Since its launch, over 380,000 women and men have joined the Lean In community, creating 34,000 Lean In Circles in over 157 countries to date. Read more about 15 Most Famous Business Women in the world. 

4. Sandberg was elected as the first woman to Facebook’s board of directors

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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.

On June 1, 2022, Sandberg announced she would be leaving Meta as COO[30] in the fall of 2022 but would remain on the board of directors.

5. Sandberg was vice president of operations at Google 

Sandberg joined Google in 2001, where she was responsible for online sales of Google’s advertising and publishing products as well as for sales operations of Google’s consumer products and Google Book Search. During her time at Google, she grew the ad and sales team from four people to 4,000.

Sandberg was vice president of global online sales and operations at Google and was involved in its philanthropic arm Google.org. 

6. Sheryl Sandberg released her first book in 2013

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Sandberg’s first book, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, was co-authored by Nell Scovell and published by Knopf on March 2013. The book concerns business leadership and development, issues with the lack of women in government and business leadership positions, and feminism. 

As of the fall of 2013, the book had sold more than one million copies and was on top of the bestseller lists since its launch. Lean In is intended for professional women to help them achieve their career goals and for men who want to contribute to a more equitable society. Read more on 15 Inspiring Women Entrepreneur Quotes. 

7. Sandberg worked very closely with Lawrence Summers 

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. 

Summers is an American economist who served as the 71st United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 to 2001 and as director of the National Economic Council from 2009 to 2010.

8. Sandberg enrolled at Harvard College

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In 1987, Sandberg enrolled at Harvard College. She graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts in economics and was awarded the John H. Williams Prize for the top graduating student in economics. While at Harvard, she co-founded an organization called Women in Economics and Government.

In 1993, she enrolled at Harvard Business School and in 1995 she earned her MBA, graduating with the highest distinction. In her first year of business school, she earned a fellowship. 

9. Sandberg was named to the board of The Walt Disney Company

Sheryl is quite influential and has served on a number of boards. In 2009, Sandberg was named to the board of The Walt Disney Company.  She also serves on the boards of Women for Women International, the Center for Global Development, and V-Day. She was previously a board member of Starbucks, Brookings Institution, and Ad Council.

10. Sandberg supported Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election

Sheryl declined to endorse Elizabeth Warren, an outspoken critic of Facebook, multiple times throughout the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, though stated, “I imagine I will support a Democratic nominee” over incumbent Donald Trump.

Hillary Clinton went on to lose the election to the Republican candidate, Donald Trump.