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How Sheryl Sandberg rose to become Meta's second-in-command

Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, claimed in 2008 that he hired Sheryl Sandberg, a Google executive, because “she has just about the most relevant industry experience for Facebook, especially since we need to scale our operations and scale them globally.”

Zuckerberg was 23, and Sandberg was 38. Here’s a look at her journey from a Harvard graduate to a powerful tech executive.