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SurveyMonkey's CEO Dies While Vacationing With Wife Sheryl Sandberg

Posted by timothy on from the short-life dept.

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.

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  1. Re:Old Slashdot chuggin' along by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm more confused by the summary that reads more like an advert than anything resembling mourning.

  2. Re:Some random CEO passed away? Oh noes! by roninmagus · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not really random; SurveyMonkey is THE goto survey company online, as far as valuation.

  3. Come on, Slashdot, at least get her name right! by AdamHaun · · Score: 5, Interesting

    SurveyMonkey's CEO Dies While Vacationing With Wife Susan Sandberg

    Dave Goldberg, the chief executive of SurveyMonkey and spouse of Facebook COO Sheryl K. Sandberg, died on Friday night.

    Her name is Sheryl. It's fairly well-known. How do you screw this up when the correct name is in the first sentence of the summary?

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  4. Re: Some rich guy? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Interesting

    Yeah, way more than homeless bums do. At a very minimum, Survey Monkey provides jobs. Secondly, with their product, they help other companies that provide jobs. Tell me, how do homeless contribute?