Reid Hoffman
Born: August 05, 1967 – Palo Alto, California, United States
Reid Hoffman is an entrepreneur, investor, and author whose writing centers on startups, career strategy, scaling, and technology’s social impact. Best known for co-authoring The Start-Up of You, Blitzscaling, and Masters of Scale, he also co-founded LinkedIn, helping shape one of the world’s largest professional networks.
Biography & Author's Journey
Reid Hoffman’s career grew out of an unusually philosophical starting point. A California native, he studied symbolic systems at Stanford and then philosophy at Oxford as a Marshall Scholar, initially thinking more like a public intellectual than a conventional executive. Early roles at Apple, where he worked on eWorld, and at Fujitsu pulled him toward the emerging internet. His first startup, SocialNet, gave him a practical education in timing and product design; PayPal then taught him how fast-moving networks, payments, and partnerships could scale. Those experiences converged in 2003, when he co-founded LinkedIn, which would grow into the world’s largest professional network, with more than one billion members. ((https://greylock.com/team/reid-hoffman/))
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Community Voices
"TIME called Reid Hoffman "Silicon Valley's grand master."
— TIME
"Joi Ito said Reid Hoffman is "trying to optimise for the common good."
— Joi Ito
"CNBC said there is no one in Silicon Valley who's more connected than Reid Hoffman"
— CNBC
"Sean Parker said Reid Hoffman has "gregarious good nature, honest advice and keen intellect."
— Sean Parker
"Elon Musk said Reid Hoffman wants to "create something truly useful to fellow human beings."
— Elon Musk
"Le Monde described Reid Hoffman as a "mystical atheist" and artificial intelligence guru"
— Le Monde
"WIRED called Reid Hoffman "the network philosopher."
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"Fortune said Reid Hoffman is "one of the most influential voices in Silicon Valley."
— Fortune
"Bret Taylor said Reid Hoffman "sets an example for how entrepreneurs should help each other."
— Bret Taylor
