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More on Sheryl Sandberg's entirely merit-based hire at Facebook

Sheryl_Sandberg.jpgIf Sheryl Sandberg weren't a Harvard grad twice over, we might have believed Facebook's new COO when she said Silicon Valley is a "meritocracy" and that people don't care who you know. Her claim is even more risible now that we learn Sandberg joined Facebook in large part because her brother-in-law is Elevation Partners cofounder Marc Bodnick, a private investor in Facebook.

9:20 AM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
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