In the New York Times, Sheryl Sandberg Is Lucky, Men Are Good →
I AM SO GLAD SOMEONE WROTE THIS ARTICLE
Also:
If you do quick math, the $1.6bn comp package Sandberg now has was worth ~$300mm when it was granted by Facebook’s board in March 2008.
The board hired her for COO role with a $300mm compensation package because they thought she could build a massive business at Facebook, including a supporting organization.
She did it — and is now number-two at one of the most valuable companies on the planet. Along the way, she turned that $300mm comp package into a $1.6bn comp package.
Luck this was not.