Reid Hoffman
LinkedIn co-founder; partner, Greylock
Reid Hoffman co-founded LinkedIn after roles at Apple, Fujitsu, SocialNet and PayPal.
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At a glance
Reid Hoffman co-founded LinkedIn after roles at Apple, Fujitsu, SocialNet and PayPal. He joined Greylock in 2009 and has invested in consumer, enterprise and AI companies. More recently, his founding work has included Inflection AI and Manas AI.
- Current role
- LinkedIn co-founder; partner, Greylock
- Born
- 5 August 1967
- Previously
- SocialNet founder; PayPal executive
- Coverage
- Company building; networks; AI
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Career, in context.
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Co-founds Manas AI
Hoffman and Siddhartha Mukherjee launch a company applying AI to drug discovery.
Source: WikipediaCo-founds Inflection AI
He helps establish the company with Mustafa Suleyman and Karén Simonyan.
Source: WikipediaJoins Microsoft’s board
He becomes a director following Microsoft’s acquisition of LinkedIn.
Source: Wikipedia
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More than 10 years ago.
LinkedIn launches
The professional network opens to users after its founding in late 2002.
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