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The architect of LinkedIn—sold to Microsoft for $26.2 billion in 2016—Hoffman built the billion-member professional network that redefined how careers are made, then extended his reach through Greylock investments, Inflection AI, and the bestselling Blitzscaling.
Reid Hoffman co-founded LinkedIn in 2002 and served as its CEO before becoming Executive Chairman; Microsoft acquired the company in 2016 for $26.2 billion.
He is a Partner at Greylock, where he has invested in Airbnb, Coda, and Aurora, and co-founded Inflection AI with Mustafa Suleyman. Hoffman is the bestselling author of Blitzscaling and Masters of Scale.
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