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Video: Sheryl Sandberg on connecting the missing 60%

Sheryl Sandberg

Our agenda as Facebook at Davos this year is really two things: connectivity and jobs. As we think about the fact that only 40% of people in the world are currently connected to data, we see so much more opportunity for people to get more voice, for people to get more access, for economic opportunity and importantly, for equality.

Watch a clip of Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer at Facebook, at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2015, above. Catch up with the full debate on The Future of the Digital Economy here.

Image: Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer at Facebook, at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2015 during the session “The Future of the Digital Economy”.

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