Dave Goldberg, the CEO of online survey site SurveyMonkey died suddenly on Friday, May 1 at the age of 47. Goldberg had served as CEO of SurveyMonkey since 2009. He was the husband of Facebook’s COO Sheryl Sandberg.
Under Dave Goldberg, SurveyMonkey grew from a handful of employees to more than 450 and acquired 25 million customers.
A History graduate from Harvard, Dave once worked at Yahoo.
Robert Goldberg, Dave’s brother posted the news on his Facebook page Saturday morning. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared this post on his own page shortly after.
Friends and Colleagues shared their condolences and tributes on Twitter
My friend @davegoldberg kindest, most generous, loving father, loyal husband, great ceo, & sweetest friend. May his memory be a blessing.
— Marc Benioff (@Benioff) 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
https://twitter.com/JasonHirschhorn/status/594555612194676737
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
My thoughts and prayers are with @sherylsandberg and her family on this sad day.
— Melinda French Gates (@melindagates) May 2, 2015
