Facebook Hires New COO From Google

Facebook has appointed Sheryl Sandberg as its new chief operating officer with effect from March 24, 2008. Ms Sandberg joins Facebook after six years at Google, where she served as vice president of Global Online Sales & Operations.

At Facebook, Ms Sandberg will manage sales, marketing, business development, human resources, public policy, privacy and communications and will report directly to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook.

Facebook has said that Ms Sandberg has built and managed Google’s online sales channels for both AdWords and AdSense. She has also managed global operations for Google’s consumer products and was instrumental in launching Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm. Prior to Google, Sandberg was chief of staff to the US Treasury Secretary.

Mr Zuckerberg said: "She has relevant experience and a track record of scaling business operations and building new kinds of advertising networks. Sheryl understands Facebook’s goal of connecting everyone in the world."