--- description: The best selling author and Facebook executive dismissed rumors that she's heading into the political arena any time soon title: Sheryl Sandberg: Lean In Autor & Facebook Exec Not Running for Office image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Living](/tag/time-section-living/) ## Living Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Sheryl Sandberg Leans Out of Politics by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 11, 2014 12:00 PM CUT by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 11, 2014 12:00 PM CUT Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg on Thursday sought to [dispel](http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/business/2014/04/10/lead-intv-sandberg-not-running-for-office.cnn.html "undefined") rumors that she’s considering a run for political office. “I have no plans to run for office,” Sandberg, the Lean In author who once worked at the Treasury Department and has become known as a fierce advocate for women taking charge of their careers, told CNN. “I really love working at Facebook.” The best-selling author had made the point a day earlier in a [_Today_](http://www.today.com/news/sheryl-sandberg-i-have-ruled-out-running-office-2D79506306 "undefined") show interview. “I don’t think that’s for me,” said the best-selling author. Sandberg’s sale of over half of her Facebook shares helped fuel rumors that she was considering a move away from the social media company. “I love my job,” Sandberg said. “I love what we do every day to connect the world and I love being able to work on _Lean In_ in my personal time.” Her second book, _Lean In: For Graduates_, was released on Tuesday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/59343/sheryl-sandberg-lean-in-politics-facebook/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/59343/sheryl-sandberg-lean-in-politics-facebook/"},"headline":"Sheryl Sandberg Leans Out of Politics","datePublished":"2014-04-11T12:00:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:07.923Z","description":"The best selling author and Facebook executive dismissed rumors that she's heading into the political arena any time soon","url":"https://time.com/59343/sheryl-sandberg-lean-in-politics-facebook/","keywords":["Living","feminism","CNN","Television","Sheryl Sandberg","facebook","Rumors"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"","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":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/59343/sheryl-sandberg-lean-in-politics-facebook/","name":"Sheryl Sandberg Leans Out of Politics"}}]}] ```