21 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Sheryl SandbergThe Facebook COO worked in government and Google before landing a top role at the social giant.

Sheryl Sandberg's experience goes far beyond being the chief operating officer ofFacebook.

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Graduating from Harvard University in 1991, Sandberg later went back and earned her master's in economics. During her time at Harvard, Sandberg was an aerobics teacher and helped co-found the on-campus group Women in Economics and Government. After school, she worked with Larry Summers as his chief of staff while he was treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton.

在加入Facebook之前,桑德伯格在一个领导position at Google. But once she metZuckerberg, she hopped on board and is today recognized as not only the COO but a leading female figure at Facebook. While she's experienced setbacks and heartbreak -- having lost her husband unexpectedly -- Sandberg's publicly demonstrated her strength andresilience.

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She's the author of two bestselling books and is a leading voice of women around the world. There's much to learn about the inspirational woman -- here are 19 facts you probably didn't know about Sandberg.

She was born in Washington, D.C., but moved to Miami when she was 2.

Although she was born in the country's capital in 1969, Sandberg and her family moved to Miami when she was 2-years-old. She later attendedNorth Miami Beach High School, where she graduated in the top 10 of her class.

Sandberg used to be an aerobics instructor.

While in high school in the 1980s, Sandberg was anaerobics instructorclad in leggings, leg warmers and bright eye shadow. Later in college, she supposedly ran the Harvard aerobics program.

She co-founded the group Women in Economic and Government at Harvard.

Studying gender and economics at Harvard, Sandbergco-foundedthe group Women in Economics and Government on-campus.

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Larry Summers was her thesis advisor at Harvard.

While at Harvard, Sandberg wrote her thesis, "How Economic Inequality Contributes to Spousal Abuse." At the time, her thesis advisor and mentor wasLarry Summers, who served as the treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton, the director of the National Economic Council for President Barack Obama and the chief economist at the World Bank.

She graduated summa cum laude from Harvard.

Sandberg graduatedsumma cum laudefrom Harvard University in 1991. She majored in economics and was also awarded the John H. Williams Prize for being one of the top graduated of economics.

Sandberg graduated with the highest distinction from Harvard Business School.

Sandberg went back to Harvard to earn her MBA. She graduated in 1995 with thehighest distinction.

She was chief of staff to U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summer under the Clinton administration.

In 1999, at 29-years-old, Sandberg served aschief of staffto then U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers under the Clinton administration. She had prior worked for Summers as a research assistant at the World Bank.

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She married her first husband at age 24.

In 1993, when she was 24, Sandberg married her first husbandBrian Kraff. However, their marriage only lasted for a year and by 1994, the couple divorced.

She worked at Google before Facebook.

Before becoming COO at Facebook in 2008, Sandberg was Google's VP of global online sales. She spentsix yearsat Google, managing online sales channels for AdWords and AdSense.

Sandberg and Zuckerberg met at a Christmas party.

In 2007,Sandberg and Zuckerbergmet at Silicon Valley financier Dan Rosensweig's Christmas party. A year later, Sandberg joined the Facebook team.

Eric Schmidt convinced her to join his team.

It took some convincing from Google's Eric Schmidt, who was the company's CEO at the time, to get Sandberg to join Google. Sandbergsharedthat in 2001, Schmidt told her, "Don't be an idiot. If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, you don't ask what seat. You just get on."

She doesn’t like the word “bossy.”

Sandberg launched the "Ban Bossy" campaign to empower women from a young age. She believes the "b-word" doesn't encourage women to lead. And the campaign's website reads: "Words like bossy send a message: Don't speak up or take the lead. By middle school, girls are less interested in leading than boys -- a trend that continues into adulthood."

She was the first woman to be appointed to Facebook’s board.

In 2012, four years into Sandberg's career as Facebook's COO, Sandberg became thefirst womanto join Facebook's board of directors.

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Her husband died unexpectedly during a vacation in Mexico.

In 2015, Sandberg's husband and then CEO of Survey MonkeyDave Goldbergpassed away unexpectedly during a vacation in Punta Mita, Mexico. Sandberg and Goldberg were married for 11 years, with two children.

在她丈夫死后,她写道“选项B:英足总cing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy."

In order to rebound from the crushing loss of her husband, Sandberg wrote the book,Option B, where she shares her personal experience of dealing with loss, and how she found the strength to persevere and find happiness once again.

Facebook helped her recover from the loss of her husband.

In a2015 Reddit post, Sandberg shared how Facebook helped her recover from the loss of her husband, because it showed her the massive amount of support she had from across the globe. "Facebook is helping me get through what has been the hardest year of my life... Recovering from loss is a huge part of the human condition and by connecting with people on Facebook I was reminded that I was part of that global community."

To unwind, she watches “bad TV.”

In order to relax and unwind after a busy day, Sandberg admitted in a2015 Reddit postthat she indulges in some "bad TV," as her late husband would call it.

She uses a spiral notebook to organize her day.

Sandberg is old-school when it comes to organization. In fact, according toFast Company, she carries around aspiral-bound notebookwhere she keeps meeting notes and discussion points.

Before meetings, she asks people to share their current well-being.

Before starting meetings with her leadership team, Sandberg checks in with members of the meeting, inviting them to share their currentemotional and professional statebefore getting down to business.

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She wakes up early and goes to sleep early.

Sandberg usually arrives at work around7 a.m., and then leaves sharply at 5:30 p.m. so she can spend time with her children. By9:30 p.m., Sandberg goes to bed.

She has a gift from Howard Schultz hanging in her conference room.

In her conference room hangs a poster thatreads: "The future belongs to the few of us still willing to get our hands dirty." Turns out, this poster was actually a gift from Starbucks' Howard Schultz and is one of Sandberg's favorite things.