-->

• Reid Hoffman, born in 1943, is founder of LinkedIn, an online social networking site that targets both job-seeking and working professionals. Hoffman is also a director at a variety of other social networking sites, like Mozilla, Vendio, Six Apart, Kiva.org, Grassroots Enterprises and Tagged. He's also an investor in Facebook, IronPort, Flickr, Digg, Technorati, Nanosolar and Care.com.

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: August 5, 1967 in Stanford, California
  2. Currently resides in Silicon Valley, California
  3. Company: LinkedIn Corp.
  4. Position: Chairman and President
  5. Ex-Executive Vice President of PayPal
  6. Co-founded his first company SocialNet.com
  7. Graduated from Stanford University
  8. Attended Oxford University

• Timeline

  • August 5, 1967: Born
  • 2007: Moved to Chairman and President at LinkedIn

• Accomplishments

  Aside from being the Chairman and President at LinkedIn, Hoffman co-founded his first company, SocialNet.com. He's also aided other Web 2.0 CEOs and given his advice to the United States military, which earned him a Department of Defense coin for his service.

• Related Mahalo Pages

  LinkedIn | LinkedIn IPO | Microsoft | Facebook | MySpace

Categories

• View History
• Discuss on the Message Board
• Embed this Page
• Share this page