Reid Hoffmann

Author: Stephan Salat

Reid was LinkedIn's founding CEO for the first four years before moving to his role as Chairman and President, Products in February 2007. While CEO, Reid built the company to over 9 million members and profitability; Linkedin now has over 17 million members worldwide.

Prior to LinkedIn, Reid was Executive Vice President of PayPal. At PayPal, Reid was in charge of all business relationships: business development, corporate development, international, government relations, and banking/payments infrastructure. During his tenure at PayPal, Hoffman was instrumental to the acquisition by eBay and was responsible for partnerships with Intuit, Visa, MasterCard and Wells Fargo.

Reid also has held management roles in large technology companies, including Fujitsu Software Corporation and Apple.

Currently, in addition to LinkedIn, Reid serves on the Board of Directors for SixApart and Mozilla Corporation (Firefox).

Reid has also invested in a wide range of Web 2.0 companies, including Facebook, Digg, and Wikia.

Reid graduated with distinction from Stanford University with a B.S. in Symbolic Systems and from Oxford University with a Master's degree in philosophy.

 

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