The fabulous life of Facebook billionaire Sheryl Sandberg With a reported net worth of $1.1 billion, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg is one of the wealthiest women in tech. Though Sandberg lives in a stunning contemporary home in Silicon Valley with her husband and two children, she isnt known for having a particularly extravagant lifestyle. Sandberg comes from a government background and has worked her way up to the top of two major tech companies. Now shes working on a movement to change womens position in the workforce, and shes recruited celebrities and traveled the globe to do it. READ ALSO: India has potential to be largest economy, says Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg 1. Sheryl Sandberg was born on August 28, 1969, in Washington, DC. She has two younger siblings: a brother named David and a sister named Michelle. The family moved to North Miami Beach when Sheryl was only two years old. 2. Sandbergs father was an ophthalmologist, and her mother taught French at a local college. The couple founded the South Florida Conference on Soviet Jewry through their local synagogue, and their home soon became a safe haven for Soviet Jews looking to escape anti-Semitism. 3. Sandberg always shone in school. In public schools, for a girl to be smart was not good for your social life, her mother Adele told the New Yorker. 4. She went on to Harvard, where she researched with future treasury secretary Larry Summers and graduated at the top of the economics department. 5. Summers would serve as an important mentor for Sandberg in the beginning phases of her career. When Summers became the Secretary of the Treasury in 1999, Sandberg was his chief of staff. READ ALSO: Psychology experiments on users were just product testing 6. But after the Democrats lost the 2000 election, she decided to move to Silicon Valley to join the booming tech industry. Though at the time Google was a small company with no consistent revenue, she found the companys mission attractive. Eric Schmidt reportedly called her every week, telling her, Dont be an idiot ... This is a rocket ship. Get on it. She joined Google as business-unit general manager in 2001. 7. Google grew immensely during Sandbergs time there, and she was eventually promoted to VP for global online sales and operations. But after nearly seven years at the company, she was ready for a new challenge. She began meeting Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg for dinner once or twice a week, first at Menlo Parks Flea Street Cafe and then at Sandbergs Atherton home. Sandberg returned to the cafe for an interview with Oprah in 2013. 8. After six weeks of dinner meetings, Zuckerberg eventually offered her the COO job. There are people who are really good managers, people who can manage a big organization, Zuckerberg told the New Yorker. And then there are people who are very analytic or focused on strategy. Those two types dont usually tend to be in the same person. Sandberg celebrated her six-year Facebook anniversary this past March. 9. She married her longtime best friend, SurveyMonkey CEO Dave Goldberg, in 2004. They have two young children together. 10. Last year, the couple completed construction on a 9,210-square-foot home in Menlo Park. The home has six bedrooms, a wine room, gym, movie theater, basketball court, and giant waterfall. Like the upcoming Facebook headquarters, Sandbergs home has a living roof. Rows of solar panels make a bold statement in this traditional neighborhood. 11. Sandberg is known by many as an advocate for womens rights in the workplace. In December 2011, she provided some troubling statistics about working women in a TED talk that has since been viewed more than 4 million times. 12. In March of 2013, she published Lean In, a book that recounts some of her own personal work experience as well as advice for women to pursue top positions in their field. 13. Arianna Huffington and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg threw Sandberg a huge party to celebrate the launch. Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and AOL CEO Tim Armstrong were among the important people in attendance. 14. With Lean In, Sandberg has sparked a feminist movement she hopes spreads across the globe. Her aim is to give women the practical skills they need to reach their goals while encouraging them to support each other in small peer groups she calls Lean In Circles. Here, she meets with female business leaders in India. READ ALSO: Women suffer from tyranny of low expectations, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg says 15. In February, she partnered with Getty Images to take stock photos that are meant to change the perception of women in the workforce. The photos depict women in fashionable clothing that arent pantsuits, as well as older women and cool working moms. 16. Shes enlisted the help of some famous friends along the way. In March, Beyonce, Jennifer Garner, Jane Lynch, Diane Von Furstenberg, and Condoleezza Rice starred in a Lifetime PSA that encouraged young girls to take the lead without worrying about being bossy. Sandberg has campaigned against using the word bossy, arguing that it damages womens confidence and desire to pursue leadership roles. 17. Lean In will soon be a movie as well. Sony Pictures reportedly acquired the rights to a film based on the book in January, and all proceeds will go to Sandbergs foundation. 18. But not everyone has been so crazy about Sandbergs advice to lean in. Some critics say that its not enough to tell women to have confidence if theyre not being given the opportunity to succeed. Others say its unfair to use Sandberg as a model for all women, as she is able to afford a nanny and a staff at work. 19. For her part, Sandberg is fairly open about the things she and her husband do to maintain a balance and make sure they are both pursuing their career goals. Sandberg says she has a rule for leaving the office each day at 5:30 so that she can enough time with her family. 20. And whether or not you agree with her feminist movement, its clear shes making a difference. Fortune has included her on its list of Most Powerful Women since 2005, and Facebooks stock continues to soar. Shes also led the social network in revamping its mobile strategy. For any queries related to Software Product and Animation please log on to :locustechsoft #locustechsoft
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