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SurveyMonkey's CEO Dies While Vacationing With Wife Sheryl Sandberg
McGruber writes: Dave Goldberg, the chief executive of SurveyMonkey and spouse of Facebook COO Sheryl K. Sandberg, died on Friday night. He was 47. 'We are heartbroken by this news,' Facebook said in a statement. Mark Zuckerberg, a friend of the family, said that Mr. Goldberg died while on vacation abroad with Ms. Sandberg. Goldberg built Surveymonkey into a provider of web surveys on almost every topic imaginable, with 500 employees and 25 million surveys created. News reports said it was valued at nearly $2 billion when it raised a round of funding last year.
Mrs or Ms is a personal choice for the woman, and should be respected - so if she is being referred to as Ms its usually because that is how she has requested to be known, or because a publication wants to play it safe when not knowing.
If you do not change your last name after getting married, it is common to keep Ms., instead of using Mrs. Both are correct:
Mrs - married
Miss - not married
Ms - married or not married
He doesn't seem overweight for me.
I don't believe he led a stressful life.
But I'm sure he never listened to his own body, because he was completely obsessed with his job.
Heart attacks have clear symptoms, and if you are a "normal" person, as soon as you have an alarming symptom, you go immediately check your health with a doctor.
He probably over-exhausted his body, working 12 to 16 hours every day, never listening to his body, and having a weak heart.
This reminds me of Karoshi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K...
While I feel for the family, to say that he is not overweight shows just how much society's perception of being overweight has changed.
Take a look at this picture, for instance.
And take a look at the body fat visual chart for comparison.
With the overhanging belly, he is easily 35-40% at least. While the majority of people today are fat (especially in the US), that is not healthy. If anything, until recently, 20-25% used to be average.
Above 25-30% is the fat territory, and that's when you start increasing your risk for heart attacks, diabetes, and strokes. Mr. Goldberg may have had a lot of things going for him, but he is most certainly more than a little overweight.
Assuming he's ~6 feet, I would argue that he is probably ~30-40+ lbs overweight. That is not at all healthy. I'm not arguing everyone should have abs, but there's a happy medium here. Mr. Goldberg is very clearly on the unfortunate side of the medium.