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Sheryl is born in Washington, D.C. to Joel, an ophthalmologist, and Adele, a French language lecturer.

Sheryl has two younger siblings: David and Michelle.

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Sheryl's family moves to North Miami Beach, Florida.

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Sheryl graduates from North Miami Beach Senior High School; enrolls at Harvard College.

Sheryl graduates summa cum laude from Harvard; she is the top graduating economics B.A.

Sheryl starts job as research assistant for Larry Summers, Chief Economist at the World Bank.

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Sheryl graduates from Harvard Business School MBA program with highest distinction.

Sheryl marries internet entrepreneur Brian Kraff; they divorce a year later.

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Sandberg starts work for McKinsey as a management consultant.

Sandberg becomes Chief of Staff for Larry Summers, who is now U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.

Sandberg joins Google as Vice President of Global Online Sales and Operations.

Sheryl marries Dave Goldberg, former Yahoo! music exec and CEO of SurveyMonkey.

Google launches a philanthropic arm, Google.org, with Sheryl's key involvement.

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Sheryl and Dave have their first child, a boy.

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Sheryl and Dave have their second child, a girl.

Sheryl meets Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, at a Christmas party.

Sandberg joins Facebook as COO.

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Sandberg joins the Board of Directors of Starbucks.

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Sandberg joins the Board of Directors of The Walt Disney Company.

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Facebook is profitable for the first time, though Zuckerberg emphasizes profits are not a priority.

Sheryl gives TEDWomen talk "Why we have too few women leaders." The video will be seen by millions.

Obama appoints Sandberg to the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.

Facebook’s IPO is the largest ever in the tech sector. It disappoints with poor initial performance.

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Sandberg joins Facebook's Board of Directors; she is the first woman to do so.

By September 2012, Facebook has over 1 billion users. In August 2008 there were 100 million.

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Sheryl makes a donation of $11.8 million to an undisclosed charity.

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Sheryl starts Lean In - a non-profit to encourage women worldwide to be ambitous in their careers.

Sandberg launches her 1st book: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead; it will be a bestseller.

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Sheryl sells $91 million of Facebook shares, ~5% of her total stake.

Sandberg, Lean In, Girl Scouts lead "Ban Bossy" campaign, promoting young girls as leaders.

Sandberg rules out running for political office on The Today Show, after rumors to the contrary.

Sheryl joins The Giving Pledge campaign, promising to give at least half of her fortune to charity.

Sandberg announces her support of Hillary Clinton's US presidential campaign.

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Forbes ranks Sandberg 8th on its World's 100 Most Powerful Women list.

Sheryl's husband Dave Goldberg dies of heart-related causes while they are vacationing in Mexico.

Sheryl joins the Board of Directors of her late husband's company, SurveyMonkey.

1960s

Sheryl is born in Washington, D.C. to Joel, an ophthalmologist, and Adele, a French language lecturer.

1970s

Sheryl has two younger siblings: David and Michelle.

Sheryl's family moves to North Miami Beach, Florida.

1980s

Sheryl graduates from North Miami Beach Senior High School; enrolls at Harvard College.

1990s

Sheryl graduates summa cum laude from Harvard; she is the top graduating economics B.A.

Sheryl starts job as research assistant for Larry Summers, Chief Economist at the World Bank.

Sheryl graduates from Harvard Business School MBA program with highest distinction.

Sheryl marries internet entrepreneur Brian Kraff; they divorce a year later.

Sandberg starts work for McKinsey as a management consultant.

Sandberg becomes Chief of Staff for Larry Summers, who is now U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.

2000s

Sandberg joins Google as Vice President of Global Online Sales and Operations.

Sheryl marries Dave Goldberg, former Yahoo! music exec and CEO of SurveyMonkey.

Google launches a philanthropic arm, Google.org, with Sheryl's key involvement.

Sheryl and Dave have their first child, a boy.

Sheryl and Dave have their second child, a girl.

Sheryl meets Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, at a Christmas party.

Sandberg joins Facebook as COO.

Sandberg joins the Board of Directors of Starbucks.

Sandberg joins the Board of Directors of The Walt Disney Company.

Facebook is profitable for the first time, though Zuckerberg emphasizes profits are not a priority.

Sheryl gives TEDWomen talk "Why we have too few women leaders." The video will be seen by millions.

2010s