Dave Goldberg, husband of Facebook exec Sheryl Sandberg, dies suddenly
Source: CNN Money
Silicon Valley entrepreneur Dave Goldberg, the husband of Sheryl Sandberg and CEO of SurveyMonkey, died suddenly on Friday.
Goldberg, 47, joined SurveyMonkey in 2009. He had earlier founded online music startup Launch Media, which was acquired by Yahoo in 2001.
"Dave's genius, courage and leadership were overshadowed only by his compassion, friendship and heart," SurveyMonkey said in a statement. "We are all heartbroken.
Goldberg and Sandberg, who have two young children, married in 2004. At the time, Goldberg was vice president of Yahoo Music and Sandberg was a VP at Google, where she worked from 2001 to 2008.
Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/02/technology/dave-goldberg-sheryl-sandberg-husband/
Skittles
(153,193 posts)my sympathy to his friends and loved ones
mainer
(12,029 posts)A reminder to all of us to treasure life and love while you can.
calimary
(81,500 posts)All we have is the now and each other.
Journeyman
(15,040 posts)Mira
(22,380 posts)I just a week or so ago read Sheryl's book "Lean In" and therefore feel kind of close to both of them.
This is tragic.
GeorgeGist
(25,323 posts)cosmicone
(11,014 posts)QED
(2,749 posts)We forget how fragile life really is.
Last night I read the new TIME magazine and learned that Richard Corliss, their film critic, had died. He'd had a massive stroke and died a week later. 71 years old. Gone. (71 is NOT old, btw!)