In it, Sandberg says that one reason women do not hold as many positions of power in the world as men do is that they do not allow themselves to aspire to those positions.
But maybe you're wondering who the heck Sandberg is, and why anyone cares what she has to say.
If so…
Sandberg is second-in-command at Facebook, a ~$60 billion company with a product that a billion people use. But where does she come from?
Sandberg is the oldest of three kids. Growing up, people called her "bossy." She wishes they'd said she had "leadership potential."
60 Minutes
She went to high school at North Miami Beach Senior High, there…
60 Minutes
…she was voted "most likely to succeed." But only after Sandberg begged not to have the honor. "Most likely to succeed is not the girl who gets the date to the prom," she says.
At Google, Sandberg ran an important, profitable division: the group that allowed small business advertisers to buy Google search ads without making a phone call
It'll be up to Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg to figure out how Facebook is going to invent a new ad unit
World Economic Forum
Across town, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had just fired his COO, and needed another
