Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg Almost Became LinkedIn's CEO

Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg has one of the most impressive resumés in the tech world, including a stint as chief of staff in the U.S. Treasury Department, and working to make Google into the giant that it is today. But as The Wall Street Journal discovered in an early reading from Sandberg's book, before she worked for Facebook, she was offered the top job at another social networking site — LinkedIn.

Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg has one of the most impressive resumés in the tech world, including a stint as chief of staff in the U.S. Treasury Department, and working to make Google into the giant that it is today. But as The Wall Street Journal discovered in an early reading from Sandberg’s book, before she worked for Facebook, she was offered the top job at another social networking site — LinkedIn.

Sandberg’s upcoming bookLean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, is scheduled to be out in March, but The Wall Street Journal got an early copy.

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