Reid Hoffman

@Co-founder of Linkedin, Birthday and Family ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Reid Hoffman is an American internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of LinkedIn Philanthropists American Oxford University Stanford University Business People IT & Software Entrepreneurs Leo Celebrities Reid Hoffman is an American internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of LinkedIn, a social network for professionals to connect with each other. He is also a venture capitalist and the author of two New York Times bestsellers. Today, he is very famous as a successful businessman and an innovative entrepreneur though just a few years ago he was struggling with his first start-up, a company named SocialNet that users could use to connect with friends. Even though he had to abandon the project within a couple of years, he learned a lot about the dynamics of business management from his early failures to emerge as one of the most successful internet entrepreneurs in the United States. He has been an innovative thinker and quick learner from a young age. He attended the Putney School where he also drove oxen and farmed maple syrup along with studying. A bright student, he won a Marshall Scholarship while studying at the Stanford University which enabled him to attend the Oxford University for his higher studies. Though initially he wanted to become a professor and public intellectual, eventually he changed his mind and decided to become an entrepreneur instead. After gaining some work experience at Apple Computers and PayPal, and experiencing a start-up failure, he found great success when he co-founded LinkedIn in December 2002 along with a few of his friends.

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Birthday: August 5, 1967 Nationality: American Famous: Co-founder of Linkedin, Philanthropists, Oxford University, Stanford University, Business People, IT & Software Entrepreneurs Spouses: Michelle Yee Known as: Reid Garrett Hoffman Universities: Oxford University,Stanford University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Stanford University University of Oxford Notable Alumnis: Oxford University Stanford University Information Detail Birthday August 5, 1967 Nationality American Famous Co-founder of Linkedin, Philanthropists, Oxford University, Stanford University, Business People, IT & Software Entrepreneurs Spouses Michelle Yee Known as Reid Garrett Hoffman Universities Oxford University,Stanford University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Stanford University University of Oxford Notable Alumnis Oxford University Stanford University Founder / Co-Founder Skype Technologies LinkedIn Corporation Birth Place Stanford Gender Male Father William Parker Hoffman Mother Deanna Ruth Rutter Net Worth $3.2 billion in 2017 Sun Sign Leo Born in Stanford Famous as Co-Founder of LinkedIn

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He married Michelle Yee in 2004. Unsplash Personal Life

Reid Garrett Hoffman was born on August 5, 1967, in Palo Alto, California, US, to Deanna Ruth and William Parker Hoffman, Jr. as their only child. His parents were lawyers. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He went to the Putney School where he engaged in various other activities such as farming maple syrup and driving oxen along with his studies. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

After completing high school he went to Stanford University from where he graduated in 1990 with a B.S. in Symbolic Systems and Cognitive Science. He proved to be a highly capable university student and successfully won a Marshall Scholarship, one of the most prestigious scholarships awarded in the United States. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

As a Marshall Scholar he earned an M.A. in Philosophy from Wolfson College, Oxford University in 1993. While in the university Reid was interested in pursuing an academic career as a professor and public intellectual. However, he realized later on that his true interest was in becoming an entrepreneur. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Soon after his graduation from Oxford, Reid Hoffman joined Apple Computers in 1994. One of the first projects he worked on was eWorld, an early attempt at creating a social network which was acquired by AOL in 1996. He also worked on Classifieds, Global Access Assistant, and other strategic projects. Unsplash Career

He left Apple and worked at Fujitsu for a while. By this time, he was giving serious thoughts to opening his own company. In 1997, he co-founded his first company, SocialNet.com. It focused “on online dating and matching up people with similar interests”. However, he was inexperienced in business management and was forced to abandon the project in 1999. Unsplash Career

While still managing SocialNet, Hoffman became a member of the board of directors who founded the electronic money transmission service, PayPal. He joined PayPal as the company’s full-time COO in 2000. Unsplash Career

His responsibilities at PayPal included managing Payments Infrastructure (VISA, MasterCard, ACH, WellsFargo), Business Development (eBay, Intuit, others), Goverment (Regulatory, Judicial), and Legal issues. In addition, at times he also took over the responsibility for PR, Strategy, Payments Innovations, and Customer Service. With his relentless hard work he quickly rose through the ranks and became the company’s executive vice president by 2002. Unsplash Career

Reid Hoffman co-founded LinkedIn in December 2002 with some of his former colleagues and friends. It was launched as one of the first business-oriented online social networks. The site, which allows registered users to create professional profiles and connect with each other, became popular soon after its launch. Unsplash Career

Reid Hoffman is best known as the co-founder of LinkedIn, which was one of the first business-oriented social networking services at the time of its launch. The site became immensely popular and is today available in 24 languages including Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch. It has more than 364 million acquired users in more than 200 countries and territories. Unsplash Major Work

Information	Detail
Birthday	August 5, 1967
Nationality	American
Famous	Co-founder of Linkedin, Philanthropists, Oxford University, Stanford University, Business People, IT & Software Entrepreneurs
Spouses	Michelle Yee
Known as	Reid Garrett Hoffman
Universities	Oxford University,Stanford University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Stanford University University of Oxford
Notable Alumnis	Oxford University Stanford University
Founder / Co-Founder	Skype Technologies LinkedIn Corporation
Birth Place	Stanford
Gender	Male
Father	William Parker Hoffman
Mother	Deanna Ruth Rutter
Net Worth	$3.2 billion in 2017
Sun Sign	Leo
Born in	Stanford
Famous as	Co-Founder of LinkedIn

Reid Hoffman

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Aug 5, 1967

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