Dave Goldberg, CEO Of SurveyMonkey And Husband Of Sheryl Sandberg, Has Died

The 47 year old entrepreneur died suddenly Friday night of undetermined causes.

















Sheryl Sandberg and David Goldberg in July 2014.


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Dave Goldberg, CEO of SurveyMonkey and husband of Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, died suddenly Friday night of undetermined causes. He was 47 years old.

"Dave's genius, courage and leadership were overshadowed only by his compassion, friendship and heart," SurveyMonkey said in a statement. "His greatest love was for his family. Our sympathy goes out to them and to all who were touched by this extraordinary man. We are all heartbroken."

Goldberg founded the music site LAUNCH Media, which was acquired by Yahoo! in 2001. In 2009 he was named CEO of survey questionnaire site SurveyMonkey.

Goldberg met Sandberg in 1996. The pair married in April 2004, and have two children together.

News of Goldberg's death was posted to Facebook by his brother Robert and subsequently shared by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The post reads:



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.

In this time of sorrow, we mourn his passing and remember what an amazing husband, father, brother, son and friend he was. No words can express the depth of loss we feel, but we want his children to learn how much he meant to all of you.

In lieu of donations, we want to celebrate his life in a manner that respects the family's privacy as they cope with this tragic, life changing event: Sheryl, their children, and our family would be grateful if people would post their memories and pictures of Dave to his Facebook profile.



A beloved entrepreneur, Goldberg's unexpected passing has drawn an outpouring of condolences from Silicon Valley luminaries like Twitter CEO Dick Costolo and LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner.

Heartbreaking. One of the truly great people on the planet, Dave was of almost unimaginably remarkable character.https://t.co/cgUSFTxBHm— dick costolo (@dickc) May 2, 2015



Devastated to hear about loss of @davegoldberg. One of kindest & most generous friends I've known. My heart goes out to Sheryl & his family— Jeff Weiner (@jeffweiner) May 2, 2015






















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