Sheryl Sandberg - Who is the most powerful woman at Facebook?
(Baonghean.vn) - The data leak of 50 million Facebook users has wiped out tens of billions of dollars from the market capitalization of the world's largest social network. Has technology investor Jason Calacanis officially asked Mark Zuckerberg to resign and suggested replacing him with COO Sheryl Sandberg?
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When talking about Facebook, people immediately think of Mark Zuckerberg. But few people know that behind the largest social network on the planet is a very powerful female COO - Chief Operating Officer of the social network, Sheryl Sandberg. |
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Born into a Jewish-American family, with an ophthalmologist father and a teacher mother, Sheryl Sandberg is not a “family name” in either business or technology. But perhaps her Jewish intelligence has helped her reach the pinnacle of fame in both fields. |
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After graduating from high school, Sandberg was accepted to Harvard. Here, Sandberg met Larry Summers, who acted as her teacher and future mentor. Sandberg learned a lot from Summers. Later, when he became US Treasury Secretary in 1999, she worked for him as a senior assistant. |
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However, just a year later, Sheryl Sandberg began to penetrate Silicon Valley with a job at Google. At that time, Google was still a small technology company and was struggling to find its footing, but Google's orientation convinced Sandberg. With her ability, Sandberg was promoted to the position of CFO a year later. When Sheryl worked for Google, this technology giant grew rapidly and strongly like never before. Sheryl was even promoted to the position of Vice President of Business. |
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However, Google was not the final stop that Sandberg wanted. In March 2008, Sheryl Sandberg officially became the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Facebook after 6 weeks of discussions with the young CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Hiring Sandberg was one of Zuckerberg's wisest decisions. |
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Sandberg's role at Facebook is very broad, including sales, marketing, business development, human resources, social policy and communications... No one can deny Sandberg's ability. In 2012, Sandberg officially became the 8th member, and the first female member of Facebook's board of directors. |
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Sheryl Sandberg – who was ranked by Fortune magazine as the 6th most powerful woman in the world (2016) – was a senior official at the Ministry of Finance. In the US, there are many women holding senior positions at large corporations. Some have also successfully moved their careers from Washington to Wall Street or Silicon Valley. Others have become famous with best-selling books. But Sandberg is special because she has done all of these things and taken it to the next level. |
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Sandberg's talent, along with her good and trustworthy relationship with Zuckerberg, gives the young CEO a lot of freedom. She does all the things Zuckerberg doesn't want to do so that he can focus on his two favorite things: products and programming. In return, Sandberg has the opportunity to become the face of Facebook in many places, from the World Economic Forum in Davos to Sun Valley and even her own space to pursue personal activities, typically the stories surrounding the book "Lean In". |
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been criticized for his silence on the data breach. Prominent tech investor Jason Calacanis said Zuckerberg's handling of the crisis was "terrible" and he should "step down as CEO of the company and let COO Sheryl Sandberg take over." |