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Sharon  OSBERG

Sharon Smith Osberg è nata nel 1949 ed è cresciuta nel New Jersey, si è diplomata al Dickinson College di Carlisle in Pennsylvania e dopo aver iniziato la sua carriera come programmatrice di computer è arrivata al grado di Executive Vice President alla Wells Fargo Bank di San Francisco dopo averla guidata a diventare una delle prime banche Internet Bank.

Lasciata la banca nel 2000, si è trasformata in un'affermata consulente che oggi vive nella contea di Marin nei dintorni di San Francisco.

 Sharon è una World Women Grand Master che ha iniziato a giocare a Bridge ai tempi del college quando aveva 18 anni per poi arrivare a vincere due titoli mondiali.

 Il suo primo grande successo internazionale risale al 1991 quando in coppia con Sue Picus vinse la Venice Cup di Yokohama battendo in finale la rappresentativa femminile austriaca; con la stessa compagna, ma con una squadra americana tutta diversa, si seppe ripetere due anni più tardi a Santiago del Cile battendo in finale la fortissima squadra tedesca.

 Sharon che ha vinto 3 NABC tra cui lo Sternberg del 1988, ha il merito di aver fatto coppia, conquistandoli al Bridge, con alcuni eminenti personaggi quali  Bill Gates, Warren Buffet e Katharine Graham del Washington Post.

 Al di fuori degli interessi legati al mondo del bridge Sharon ha molto amato fare immersioni e sciare.

  Despite her busy professional life (executive vice president in charge of online services for Wells Fargo Bank), Sharon Osberg has taken the time to introduce a number of well-known figures to her avocation: bridge. 

 She played often with the late Washington Post Publisher Katharine Graham and now is a regular partner of Microsoft's Bill Gates and America's best-known investor Warren Buffett. 

Osberg, was born in 1949, grew up in New Jersey and received her bachelor's degree from Dickinson College in Pennsylvania. 

She began her career as a computer programmer, moving into systems management and then on to general management. 

After helping Wells Fargo become the leader in Internet banking, she retired from the bank two years ago, briefly ran a technology company in Canada and now is a consultant. "Dragged into the game by a college friend," Osberg began playing bridge at 18 and has gone on to win two world championships.

Her first international success came in 1991 when she teamed with Sue Picus won the Venice Cup of Yokohama defeating the Austrian women's representative; with the same partner, but with a totally different American team, she was heard to repeat two years later in Santiago, Chile defeating the very strong German team.

Sharon, who has won three NABC including the Sternberg in 1988, has the merit of having partnered by winning them over to the Bridge, with some prominent figures such as Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and Katharine Graham of the Washington Post.

Outside of interests related to the world of bridge, Sharon has much loved diving and skiing.