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Sheryl Sandberg Author, Activist, Chief Operating Officer

By Donna Nelson


When it comes to women in the marketplace, few have rivaled positions of men in the corporate world. However, Sheryl Sandberg is one of those women. For, not only is the woman the first to sit on the board at Facebook, Time magazine has recently honored the business woman as one of the top ten women of the world.

The story is one that started on August 28, 1969 when Sheryl was born in Washington, D. C. To Jewish parents, one of whom was a college professor and the other an Ophthalmologist. After attending, high school, Ms. Sandberg attended Harvard University and graduated with first a Bachelors of Arts in Business Administration and later a Masters Degree in the field.

A proud Democrat, Ms. Sandberg now finds herself challenged to continue the climb when it comes to business and politics. In fact, many while forced to live with the results of the last election are trying to find ways to survive the next few years without incident or injury to oneself, one's business or political party. As such, the activist and business woman remains quite active in both areas.

Boards which Ms. Sandberg now sits on include, Women for Women International, Center for Global Development, V-Day and SurveyMonkey. While a proud member of each board, there are often heated discussions with relation to ongoing change in all areas of business and government. Although, having gone through two divorces and having raised two children, the young business woman shows a great deal of strength and integrity when dealing with differences of opinion and other issues.

As a career woman, it has taken several positions and a bit of luck before finding the position at Facebook. In fact, the young tech savvy business woman assisted in online operations, research and development and sales at Google before making the career move to Facebook. As a politician, the activist, author and business woman was appointed as Secretary to United States Secretary Lawrence Summers.

Back in 2012, Ms. Sandberg was honored by Time Magazine as being one of the one-hundred most influential people in the world. Most likely, something the Jewish daughter of an Ophthalmologist and College teacher might never have envisioned as a child. Although, after becoming a A+ student in the Florida public school system, it was quite clear Sheryl would be a success at a number of endeavors both as a young student and later in life.

During early education, Sheryl became sophomore class president as well as a member of the student committee. The young student also taught aerobics at a local gym while still in high school. After which, the college student graduated with honors from Harvard University after having co-founded an organization related to economics and women and having received a number of awards in different areas of study.

It was not until 2007 when Mark Zuckerberg met Sheryl at a Holiday party that the position at Facebook became available. In fact, up until having met Sheryl, Mark had no intention of hiring a Chief Operating Officer. Although, upon meeting and discussing the possibility, it became clear that Ms. Sandberg would be a great addition to Facebook. As such, Mark decided to offer Sheryl a position which would rival that of her career at Google.

Ultimately, Ms. Sandberg still faces a lot of challenges both within and outside Facebook. The success of the past, if any prediction of the future, indicates the business woman will have no problem facing these and other challenges head on. Whether or not a political appointment exists in the future, the activist, author and Chief Operating Officer will no doubt garner a great deal of followers regardless of political party or other affiliations.




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