Is Brain Drain A Threat To Facebook's Future?

Flash back in time a tad and recall that Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg was wrested from the top-talent club at Google, when? Oh yes, shortly after she assisted Google in pulling off its initial public offering. She went, she saw, she conquered … she moved on to the next great challenge.

Flash back in time a tad and recall that Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg was wrested from the top-talent club at Google, when? Oh yes, shortly after she assisted Google in pulling off its initial public offering. She went, she saw, she conquered … she moved on to the next great challenge.

The gamble paid off. Her strategizing and work, along with that of her team, made her a billionaire last Friday.

Sandberg joined the social network in 2008, when it employed some 130 people and had scant cash in its coffers.

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