Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg has tied the knot with American businessman Tom Bernthal – Inside their relationship timeline.
Sheryl Sandberg, who will bestepping down as the COO of Meta(formerly Facebook) in the fall, tied the knot withTomBernthalonAug. 20 in Wyoming.
On February 3, 2020, she announced her engagement on Facebook to Kelton Global CEOTom Bernthal.They were married in August 2022.
In anInstagram post, Sheryl, 52,shared a snap of herselfand her new husband in a woodsy setting with the caption, “MARRIED” with several red heart emojis.”
Tom and Sheryl together make a family of seven as each has kids from their previous relationships. So, how did Sheryl Sandberg and Tom Bernthal meet and how many kids do they have?
Who is Tom Bernthal?
Thomas Bernthalis an American marketing CEO and formerNBC Newsproducer.
Bernthal was born in Washington, D.C., to Joan Lurie (née Marx) and Eric Lawrence “Rick” Bernthal, a former lawyer withLatham & Watkins LLPand currently chair of the board of directors for theUS Humane Society.
His paternal grandfather was musician and producerMurray Bernthal.
He has two brothers,Jon Bernthal, an actor, and Nicholas Bernthal, anorthopedic surgeon,and professor atUCLA. Bernthal and his family areJewish.
Bernthal grew up inCabin John, Maryland. He attended theSidwell Friends School.
Bernthal began his career working at the White House’s Communication Office during theBill Clinton administration.Following this stint, he worked as a news producer and journalist forNBC News.During his six years with NBC, Bernthal produced segments for theToday Show,Nightly News,Dateline, MSNBC, and CNBC and won threeEmmy Awardsfor his work.
In 2000, Bernthal moved to Los Angeles, where he continued to work for NBC before founding his own marketing and consulting agency in 2002, Kelton Global. He presently is the CEO and Co-President of the organization.
Who is Sheryl Sandberg?
Sheryl Kara Sandbergis an American business executive, billionaire, and philanthropist who was born on August 28, 1969(age52) in Washington, D.C., U.S.
She was born to aJewishfamily,the daughter of Adele and Joel Sandberg, and the oldest of three children.Her father is anophthalmologist, and her mother was a college teacher of the French language.
She attendedNorth Miami Beach High School and graduated in 1987.
In 1987, Sandberg enrolled atHarvard College. She graduated in 1991with a Bachelor of Arts in economics. In 1993, she enrolled atHarvard Business Schooland in 1995 she earned her MBA with the highest distinction.
Sandberg lives inMenlo Park, California.
Sandberg served asa chief operating officer(COO) ofMeta Platforms, a position from which she stepped down in August 2022.She is also the founder ofLeanIn.Org.In 2008, she was made COO at Facebook, becoming the company’s second-highest ranking official.
In June 2012, she was elected to Facebook’sboard of directors,becoming the first woman to serve on its board. As head of the company’s advertising business, Sandberg was credited with making the company profitable.
Prior to joining Facebook as its COO, Sandberg was vice president of global online sales and operations atGoogleand was involved in its philanthropic armGoogle.org.
Before that, Sandberg served aschief of staffforUnited States Secretary of the TreasuryLawrence Summers.
In 2012, she was named in theTime100, an annual list of the most influential people in the world.OnForbes Magazine‘s 2021 billionaires list, Sandberg is reported to have a net worth ofUS$1.7 billion, due to her stock holdings in Facebook and in other companies.In 2022, she announced she would be stepping down as Meta COO in the fall but that she would remain on its board.
Who has Sheryl Sandberg been in a relationship with over the years before meeting Tom Bernthal?
Sandberg married Brian Kraff in 1993 and divorced a year later.
In 2004, she marriedDave Goldberg, then an executive withYahoo!and later CEO ofSurveyMonkey.They have two children together. The couple has a son and a daughter.Sandberg and Goldberg frequently discussed being in ashared earning/shared parenting marriage.Sandberg also raised the issue of single parenting conflicting strongly with professional and economic development in America.
On May 1, 2015, Dave Goldberg died unexpectedly, and his death was originally reported as resulting from sustaining a head trauma falling from a treadmill, while the couple was vacationing inMexico.Sandberg has subsequently said that her husband’s cause of death was due to anarrhythmia, and not due to falling from a treadmill.
In May 2019, it was reported that Sandberg andActivision BlizzardCEOBobby Kotickhad split after three years of dating.
As for Tom Bernthal, the name of his former wife is not known but he has been married and divorced. Also, the reason for his separation from his ex-wife is not known yet. Tom recently disclosed the loss of his lover signaling that he also lost his wife to death.
How did Sheryl Sandberg and Tom Bernthal meet?
The couplegot engaged in 2020.In a sweet nod to their blended family, Tom popped thequestion with a ring featuring five tiny hidden diamonds underneath.
“Engaged!!! @tom_bernthal, you are my everything,” Sheryl wrote on Instagram at the time, alongside a sweet black and white photo ofthe pair. “I could not love you more.”
TheLean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Leadauthor previously said she “could barely imagine dating again, much less getting married” afterher late husband’s death,but Rob “had a different idea.”
“Hejust knew I had to meet you,”Sheryl wrote in a love letter toTom published byGood Housekeepingin 2021. “When I shook your hand for the first time, I had no clue that you would be the one to change my life.”
She added,“Together, we have found a new path forward, one filled with so much gratitude and optimism.”
As earlier said, Sheryl Sandberg and Tom Bernthal got married on August 20, 2022, in Wyoming.
In anInstagram post, Sheryl, 52,shared a snap of herselfand her new husband in a woodsy setting with the caption, “MARRIED” with several red heart emojis.”
For the big day,the bridewore a cap-sleeve lace gown, while the groom wore a black suit and cowboy boots.
Tom, 50,shared the same shoton his own Instagram page, writing “After both experiencing loss, @sherylsandberg and I weren’t sure we would ever find love again. Over the last three years, we’ve merged our lives and blended our families. Our wedding today was a dream come true.”
He later toldPeople, “It is our wedding as the seven of us,” referring to his three kids and Sheryl’s son and a daughter—who all served as members of the bridal party.
Sheryl and Tombegan dating in 2019. They were introduced by her brother-in-lawRob Goldberg,who according toPeople,served asco-officiant of their wedding.
How many kids do Sheryl Sandberg and Tom Bernthal have?
Sandberg and Bernthal do not have a child together as of the time of this article. The two surely have plans of getting kids in the future.
However, individually, the two make a family of seven. Bernthal is divorced and has three children. Sheryl Sandberg also has two children (a son and a daughter) with her late husband Dave Goldberg.
