Sheryl Sandberg

Birth Name:

Sheryl Kara Sandberg

Birth Place:

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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

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