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Reid Hoffman

LinkedIn
Palo Alto, United States
Reid Hoffman co-founded LinkedIn in 2002, creating the first major professional social network. LinkedIn was acquired by Microsoft for $26.2 billion in 2016. As a partner at Greylock Partners, Hoffman has invested in Airbnb, Facebook, Zynga, and many other iconic companies. He coined the concept of "blitzscaling" — the counterintuitive strategy of prioritizing speed over efficiency to capture winner-take-all markets.
Professional Networks / VC

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LinkedIn is a professional networking platform with over 1 billion members, offering job search, B2B advertising, talent solutions, and LinkedIn Learning. A Microsoft subsidiary since 2016.

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