Sheryl Sandberg On Being The First Woman To Become A Social Media Billionaire | TIME

Sheryl Sandberg is the FIRST woman to become a social-media billionaire. "Even though my parents encouraged me to do anything, I came back and said to my math teacher, “Girls don’t do this.” He said, “You’re right.” He was an amazing man and he really pushed me in math, but a better answer would have been, “And that’s why you should do it!”

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Sheryl Sandberg On Being The First Woman To Become A Social Media Billionaire | TIME

[high_maintenance]

Makes me think of Mean Girls when she was on the math team.

[billyc]

for real her and Indra Nooyi are changing the world for women in a major way

[ninarainbow]

Now Time magazine should make her the queen of thieves.

[fabrizio]

Does she have children? If so, I bet they're very happy and stable....