Sheryl Sandberg: podcast appearances and interviews

Sheryl Kara Sandberg is an American technology executive, philanthropist, and writer. She served as the chief operating officer of Meta Platforms from 2008 to 2022. During her tenure, she was recognized as the first woman elected to Facebook's board of directors. Sandberg was instrumental in managing the company's advertising business, which contributed significantly to its profitability. Prior to her role at Meta, she was vice president of global online sales and operations at Google and was involved with its philanthropic arm, Google.org. She is the founder of LeanIn.Org. Sandberg's educational background includes graduation from Harvard University, where she served as a research assistant to Lawrence Summers at the World Bank and later as his chief of staff when he became the United States Secretary of the Treasury. She was named in the Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world in 2012. She has a reported net worth of 1.7 billion dollars as of 2021, largely from her stock holdings in Facebook and other companies. In 2022, she announced her departure from her COO role at Meta but remained on the board. By January 2024, she indicated she would not stand for re-election to the board, and as of July 2025, her net worth was estimated at 2.4 billion dollars. As of March 2026, she joined the board of the British AI startup Nscale.