Sheryl Sandberg pushes women to "lean in" Sheryl is the one of the most powerful women in the world . She's the oldest of three children, a born leader who seemed destined for success. At Harvard, her economics professor Larry Summers handpicked her to follow him to the World Bank and then to become his chief of staff when he was Treasury Secretary -- all before the age of 30. By 2001, she was headed to Silicon Valley where she almost turned down a job offer from Eric Schmidt, the CEO of a little known start-up called Google. Now Sheryl Sandberg is the chief operating officer of the social networking giant Facebook . This interview talks about the revolution. Sheryl belives that women should be more ambitious. She believes that women are very successful leades, if they want to. Sheryl one message she wants women to hear it's to aim high seek challenges and take risks and fight the instinct to hold back. Sheryl is so succ...
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