--- description: People are taking to social media expressing condolences over the death of David Goldberg, SurveyMonkey CEO and husband of Sheryl Sandberg. title: Silicon Valley CEO David Goldberg Mourned by Friends, Colleagues image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Silicon Valley CEO David Goldberg Mourned by Friends and Colleagues  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 2, 2015 7:46 PM CUT  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 2, 2015 7:46 PM CUT People are taking to social media to express their shock and condolences over the [sudden death of David Goldberg](http://time.com/3844422/david-goldberg-died/ "undefined"), SurveyMonkey CEO and husband of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg posted on the social networking site, saying Goldberg “was an amazing person and I’m glad I got to know him.” Arianna Huffington said she was “blessed to get to know him through his beloved wife Sheryl and to see firsthand what an amazing father, son, innovator, and caring friend he was.” Others tweeted their remembrances as well: > [](https://twitter.com/Benioff/status/594566729176494080) > [](https://twitter.com/danprimack/status/594561548741431297) And many more are putting their thoughts and photos on Goldberg’s [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/daveglaunch "undefined"), which is what his brother Robert requested when he confirmed news of Goldberg’s death. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3844451/david-goldberg-death-remembrances/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3844451/david-goldberg-death-remembrances/"},"headline":"Silicon Valley CEO David Goldberg Mourned by Friends and Colleagues","datePublished":"2015-05-02T19:46:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:05:00.086Z","description":"Mark Zuckerberg, Arianna Huffington and others have posted on social media about the beloved CEO","url":"https://time.com/3844451/david-goldberg-death-remembrances/","keywords":["Tech","Milestones","People"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3844451/david-goldberg-death-remembrances/","name":"Silicon Valley CEO David Goldberg Mourned by Friends and Colleagues"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"SurveyMonkey CEO David Goldberg Dies Suddenly","description":"SurveyMonkey CEO David Goldberg, the husband of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, died suddenly Friday night. He is survived by Sandberg and their two children.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Tj2twbqg/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-05-02T19:09:03.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Tj2twbqg.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3844451/david-goldberg-death-remembrances/","duration":"PT51S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3844451/david-goldberg-death-remembrances/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```