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Sheryl Sandberg

1969 - Today

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Sheryl Kara Sandberg (born August 28, 1969) is an American technology executive, philanthropist and writer. She was the chief operating officer of Meta Platforms from 2008 to 2022 and the founder of LeanIn.Org. Sandberg is the first woman to have been elected to Facebook's board of directors. As head of the company's advertising business, Sandberg has been credited for making the company profitable. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2024). Sheryl Sandberg is the 608th most popular businessperson (down from 520th in 2024), the 9,422nd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,032nd in 2019) and the 211th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Sheryl Sandberg ranks 608 out of 847Before her are Josef Ackermann, Meg Whitman, Sean Parker, Rick Scott, Jacqueline Mars, and Dustin Moskovitz. After her are Dwarkanath Tagore, Kim Dotcom, Kimbal Musk, Mike Lynch, Irving Kristol, and Phạm Nhật Vượng.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Sheryl Sandberg ranks 324Before her are Stig Tøfting, Melinda Clarke, Kazushi Sakuraba, Ever Palacios, Domingos Paciência, and Trudi Canavan. After her are Shawnee Smith, Richard Virenque, Jenni Rivera, Shinichi Mochizuki, Alexis Arquette, and Naoko Nishigai.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sheryl Sandberg ranks 9,424 out of 20,380Before her are Ray Allen (1975), Edith M. Flanigen (1929), C. I. Scofield (1843), Clarke Peters (1952), William Cullen Bryant (1794), and Regina Resnik (1922). After her are Desmond Harrington (1976), Shawnee Smith (1969), Wilhelmina von Bremen (1909), David Selby (1941), William Z. Foster (1881), and Amy Chua (1962).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Sheryl Sandberg ranks 211Before her are Leo Burnett (1891), Meg Whitman (1956), Sean Parker (1979), Rick Scott (1952), Jacqueline Mars (1939), and Dustin Moskovitz (1984). After her are Irving Kristol (1920), Bruce Buck (1946), Steve Forbes (1947), Richard Bass (1929), Mark R. Hughes (1956), and Billy Beane (1962).