Sheryl Sandberg is leaving Google to join facebook as a COO. She will help Facebook develop an advertising network like she did at google (adsense & adwords). This comes in a period Facebook is having a big growth which can make it a real competitor to google. I understand why someone leaves yahoo, or microsoft ... but Google i really think that is the ideal place just like your own project.
“I’ve loved being part of the process of helping to build Google. The opportunity to help another young company to grow into a global leader is the opportunity of a lifetime.” she said
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/technology/04cnd-facebook.html?_r=1 |
... and she's gone from the Google Press Images page now, too.
For the record, this was her photo there:
http://blogoscoped.com/files/sheryl-sandberg.jpg
http://www.google.com/press/images.html
Her bio at Google is gone too, it was reading this:
<<Sheryl Sandberg
Vice President, Global Online Sales & Operations
Sheryl Sandberg joined Google in 2001 and is currently the Vice President of Global Online Sales and Operations. In this role, Sheryl is responsible for online sales of Google's advertising and publishing products. She also runs sales operations for Google's consumer products and Google Book Search. In addition, Sheryl serves on the board of Google.org/the Google Foundation and directs the Google Grants program, which provides free advertising to non-profit organizations worldwide.
Prior to joining Google, Sheryl was the Chief of Staff for the United States Treasury Department, where she helped lead its work on forgiving debt in the developing world. Before that, Sheryl was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company and an economist with The World Bank, where she worked on eradicating leprosy in India. Sheryl currently serves on the boards of the ONE Campaign, The Ad Council, Leadership Public Schools, and eHealthInsurance.
Sheryl received a B.A. summa cum laude in Economics from Harvard University, and was awarded the John H. Williams Prize as the top graduating student in economics. She was a Baker and Ford Scholar at Harvard Business School, where she earned an MBA with highest distinction.>> |
