Just over a year after the death of her husband, SurveyMonkey CEO Dave Goldberg, Facebook’s COO, Sheryl Sandberg, opened up and gave the public more insight into her family’s struggle after the death of her partner
In remarks delivered to the class of 2016 at the University of California at Berkeley on Saturday, Sandberg elaborated on how she’s coped with her husband’s death while continuing to lead one of the biggest tech companies on the planet.
“I have never spoken publicly about this before. It’s hard,” said Sandberg. “One year and thirteen days ago, I lost my husband, Dave. His death was sudden and unexpected. We were at a friend’s fiftieth birthday party in Mexico. I took a nap. Dave went to work out. What followed was the unthinkable—walking into a gym to find him lying on the floor. Flying home to tell my children that their father was gone. Watching his casket being lowered into the ground.” Read more…
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