Reid Garrett Hoffman (born August 5, 1967) is an American internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist, podcaster, and author. Hoffman is the co-founder and executive chairman of LinkedIn, a business-oriented social network used primarily for professional networking.

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Dec 7, 2024 · PayPal mafia members Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Reid Hoffman went from working at the startup in the early 2000s to running their own ventures.

Sep 6, 2024 · Eighty-eight corporate leaders signed a new letter Friday endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president. Signers include former 21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch, Snap chairman Michael...

The "PayPal Mafia" is a group of former PayPal employees and founders who have since founded and/or developed additional technology companies based in Silicon Valley, [1] such as Tesla, Inc., LinkedIn, Palantir Technologies, SpaceX, Affirm, Slide, Kiva, YouTube, Yelp, and Yammer. [2]

Apr 1, 2015 · LinkedIn, now worth $32 billion, was co-founded by Reid Hoffman, another former PayPal chief operating officer. Mr. Stoppelman and another PayPal alum, Russell Simmons, co-founded Yelp, now...

Nov 27, 2012 · PayPal helped create one of the most notable groups of entrepreneurs of all time, a huge concentration of success nicknamed the 'PayPal Mafia,' which includes Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, YouTube's Chad...

Jan 27, 2025 · LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman has been immersed in Silicon Valley since his August 1967 birth in Palo Alto, California, in the shadow of Stanford University, where he and fellow technology luminary Peter Thiel became friends as college students during the 1980s. ... That group — dubbed the “PayPal Mafia” — included Tesla CEO Elon Musk ...

Jun 9, 2024 · Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn) Reid Hoffman also played a key role within PayPal, later on co-founding LinkedIn, which sold to Microsoft. He is the author of Blitzscaling. After being Executive Vice-President at PayPal he was CEO and Chairman at LinkedIn between 2003-2007.