Sheryl Sandberg

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  • Title
    COO
  • Affiliation
    Facebook
  • Age
    51
  • 2020 Rank
    6
The longtime COO had a mixed year. On the one hand, Facebook delivered $70.7 billion in revenue in fiscal 2019, up 27% from 2018. On the other, the social media company is under fire for everything from data privacy issues to proliferating misinformation and conspiracy theories on the platform. Still, Sandberg continues to advocate for women and people of color in the workforce via her nonprofit, Lean In.

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