How much money does it take before you lose interest in money? Maybe Sheryl Sandberg is there. In a cover story in Time Magazine this week, she and her husband Dave Goldberg show the world how she manages to have it all.
Sandberg urges women to negotiate shared household duties with their spouses early and often. “We have areas of responsibility. I do travel. I do anything electronic, computers, cars,” says Goldberg. “I do photos and videos. We share the child care 50-50. Although it’s not like we keep score.” And he does the finances. Since Facebook went public, his wife has cashed out about $90 million worth of shares, according to a schedule that was set before the IPO, and she still has almost 18 million shares left. But she demurs when asked how much she’s worth, claiming that that’s Goldberg’s area. “He manages our money,” she says. “I have essentially no interest.”
http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20130318,00.html
I have been encouraging women to understand their marital finances and participate with their husband in sharing all financial information. But I’ll give Sandberg a pass. There comes a point when you know there’s so much more where that came from that she’s not in danger of ever running out.