The acceptable face of Facebook

摘要

Few corporate types can charm hardened hacks so effectively. Sheryl Sandberg, the number two at Facebook, the world's biggest social network, has been glad-handing reporters with spectacular results. The New Yorker says she may "upend Silicon Valley's male-dominated culture". New York magazine puts her in line for Secretary of the Treasury. Bloomberg BusinessWeek speculates that she might one day be the president of the United States. Her sudden lionisation is well-timed. Facebook is expected to go public soon, perhaps this year. It may be the biggest internet flotation ever, with a market capitalisation of more than $100 billion. Investors might be less bullish if the 27-year-old Mark Zuckerberg, the founder, were in sole charge. Many consider him somewhat socially awkward.