Sheryl Sandberg Biography

Fast Facts

• Joined the board of the Walt Disney Company in 2009
• Graduated summa cum laude with a degree in economics from Harvard University
• Graduated with her M․B․A․ from Harvard University in 1995
• After working as a research assistant at the World Bank during the early '90s, she would eventually begin working as a management consultant after completing business school
• Following her work in politics, she would sign on as vice president of online sales and operations for Google in 2001, where she would remain until 2008
• Joined Facebook in 2008 as head of sales and advertising and would later join the company's board in 2012
• Served as Chief of Staff to Larry Summers from 1996 to 2001 while he worked as Secretary of the Treasury under President Bill Clinton
• Released her first book, Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead, in March of 2013
• Taught aerobics while in high school