Dave Goldberg
Dave Goldberg was bornon 2 October 1967 in Chicago, Illinois, United States, American, is Entrepreneur. Dave Goldberg (David Bruce) was an American management consultant and entrepreneur. One of the early exponents of the dotcom revolution, and a major towering figure in the Silicon Valley scenario till his untimely death, Dave Goldberg was a man who loved to wear many hats. From selling his first start-up in a multi-million dollar deal at the young age of 26 to funding some of the more successful start-ups later himself, he had done it all. However, more than anything, it is his helpful and jovial nature that would be missed the most by people who had the good fortune of getting in touch with him. Dave was an entrepreneur in the true sense of the word. His brilliance and ingenuity ensured that whatever project he was associated with became a raging success. His successful marriage to Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Facebook was the talk of the town. His tragic and most untimely death has left a sense of void even in the cutthroat world of the Silicon Valley.
Goldberg joined as the CEO of SurveyMonkey in 2009 and remained in that post till his untimely death in 2015
He was there for nearly two years between 2007 and 2009
This devalued Launch Media drastically, and when Yahoo! finally acquired it in 2001, after more than a year of negotiating, it was for just 15 million USD
However, when the internet bubble burst in 1999, the stock of both the companies came crashing down to less than 90% of their value
He had some brilliant ideas about selling music, and with some monetary help from family and friends, he founded Launch Media in 1994
In 1993, he quit his job at Capitol in the pursuit of creating his own company
He was an excellent student, graduating from Harvard in 1989 with a magna cum laude
Dave received his early education at Blake School in his hometown, from where he graduated in the year 1985
His mother, Paula, is a successful entrepreneur herself, having founded Pacer Center, which started as a place for children with disabilities in the late 1970s and has since expanded to many sectors now
David Bruce "Dave" Goldberg was born on October 2, 1967, to Paula and Melvin Bert "Mel" Goldberg
