In June 2009, Hoffman became Executive Chairman of the company.Īfter PayPal was sold to eBay, Hoffman became a successful and one of Silicon Valley’s most creative investors. Forbes called this site as “the most profitable social networking tool available today for job seekers and business professionals.” He started as CEO of LinkedIn and became President of products in 2007. Since November 2012, LinkedIn has over 187 million users in 200 countries. The site, launched in May 2003, was one of the first of its kind. In 2002, Hoffman co-founded LinkedIn with two colleagues from SocialNet. By 2002, he was Vice President of the company. He left in 2000 and started working in PayPal as COO. During this time, Hoffman was also a member of PayPal Board of Directors. Basically it was a dating site, but then it was one of the first services of this kind. He worked on eWorld, which was acquired by AOL, and in 1996 he took a job at Fujitsu for a while before founding his first company called. So in 1994 he joined Apple Computer, where he made his first attempts to create a social network. He realized that although his education would undoubtedly be very useful to him, he ultimately wanted to become an entrepreneur. Reed Hoffman wanted to do something meaningful, something that would have a positive impact on the world.
He received a master’s degree in philosophy from Oxford University in 1993. He attended Putney school and then entered Stanford University, where he received a bachelor of science degree in cognitive science and symbolic systems in 1990. Hoffman was born on 5 August 1967 in Stanford, California. His brainchild became the most useful service for creating new business connections and job search. Reid Hoffman is an American businessman, author, and entrepreneur best known as one of the creators of LinkedIn.
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