« Greg Jarboe | Main | Steve Gillmor »
Reid Hoffman
Chief Executive Officer, LinkedIn
LinkedIn Profile
Immediately prior to founding LinkedIn, Reid Hoffman was EVP at PayPal (Nasdaq: PYPL), where he was in charge of all external relationships and payments infrastructure. Reid serves on the board of directors for Grassroots.com, JumpStart Technologies, SixApart, and Vendio. Reid is an angel investor in Ironport, Friendster and Nanosolar. Earlier in his career, Reid worked at Apple Computer, Fujitsu Software Corporation, and SocialNet.com. Reid graduated with distinction from Stanford University with a B.S. in Cognitive Science and from Oxford University with a master’s degree in philosophy. Reid won the Dinkelspiel Award and a Marshall Scholarship while at Stanford.