SAN FRANCISCO — Family members say tech executive David Goldberg, head of the online SurveyMonkey site and husband of Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg, has died.
Goldberg died suddenly Friday night, brother Robert Goldberg wrote on his Facebook page.
“Dave Goldberg was an amazing person and I am glad I got to know him,” Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wrote on his own page. “My thoughts and prayers are with Sheryl and her family.”
Sandberg is the author of “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead.”
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Goldberg, 47, was a former Yahoo executive and was credited by Sandberg for helping her juggle her roles as an executive and mother.
CEO of SurveyMonkey Dave Goldberg, the husband of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg has died unexpectedly, The Daily Beast reports. He was 47.
Dave’s brother, Robert Goldberg, posted on Facebook about his passing on Friday. “It’s with incredible shock and sadness that I’m letting our friends and family know that my amazing brother, Dave Goldberg, beloved husband of Sheryl Sandberg, father of two wonderful children, and son of Paula Goldberg, passed away suddenly last night,” The Daily Beast said.
There were no details regarding the cause of death.