Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook Inc., left, and her husband David and quot;Dave and quot; Goldberg, chief executive officer of SurveyMonkey, arrive to a morning session at the Sun Valley Lodge during the Allen and Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., on Wednesday, July 9, 2014.
Photographer: Scott Eells/BloombergDavid Goldberg, 1967-2015
David Goldberg, chief executive officer of SurveyMonkey.com and husband of Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook Inc., has died. He was 47. Goldberg sold his first startup, Launch Media, to Yahoo Inc. and joined SurveyMonkey in 2009. Sandberg, author of the best-selling book “Lean In,” frequently wrote and talked about how Goldberg was a crucial partner in her career, supporting her in small ways -- like doing the laundry -- and large, such as persuading her to join Facebook even though they had a 6-month-old daughter at the time.