According to a Mexican government official, Dave Goldberg, the CEO of SurveyMonkey and the husband of Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg, died of head trauma Friday night after collapsing at a private villa’s gym.
Dave Goldberg cause of death: What happened to Sheryl Sandberg?
According to a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office in Nayarit State, Mr. Goldberg, 47, was on vacation with family and friends at a private beach-front villa near the Four Seasons Resort in Punta Mita, a large development with two hotels and numerous private residences close to Puerto Vallarta in southwest Mexico.
According to the spokesman, Mr. Goldberg left his room around 4 p.m. on Friday, collapsed while exercising, and died of head trauma and blood loss.
At around 7 p.m., his brother, Robert Goldberg, discovered him on the gym floor, covered in blood.
Mr. Goldberg was taken to Hospital San Javier in Nuevo Vallarta and died there, according to the spokesman, who added that the incident looked to be an accident.
Mr. Goldberg died while on vacation with Ms. Sandberg, according to Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive and a family friend.
