Reid Hoffman Bio | Wiki
Reid Hoffman ( Full name: Reid Garrett Hoffman) is an American podcaster, author, venture capitalist, and internet entrepreneur. He co-founded a business-oriented social network called LinkedIn which is used primarily for professional networking.
Reid served as its executive chairman. Currently, he is a partner at the venture capital firm Greylock Partners. Reid was ranked #1580 on the Forbes 2021 list of the world’s billionaires with a net worth of US$2.4 billion.
Reid Hoffman Age
He was born on August 5, 1967, in Palo Alto, California, United States of America. Reid is 54 years old.
Reid Hoffman Height
He is a man of average stature. Reid stands at a height of 5 ft 7 in ( Approx 1.7m).
Reid Hoffman Family
He was born to his parents Deanna Ruth (Rutter) and William Parker Hoffman, Jr. in Palo Alto, California. Reid grew up in Berkeley, California. Christian Presbyterian minister and Indiana University president pro tempore, Theophilus Adam Wylie was Reid’s great-great-great-grandfather. Writer Eric Hoffman is his uncle.
As a child, Reid described himself as an avid tabletop roleplaying gamer. He started earning at the age of 12 when he served as an editor at the game company Chaosium by then based in Oakland near his home. His name was featured on the box of Chaosium’s RuneQuest role-playing game release Borderlands at the age of 14 in 1982. Reid earned equal billing with game designers Sandy Petersen, Steve Perrin, and Greg Stafford.
Reid Hoffman Wife
He married his wife Michelle Yee in 2004. Currently, the duo resides in Seattle, Washington.
Reid Hoffman Education
He earned his high school diploma from The Putney School. While there, Reid armed maple syrup drove oxen and studied epistemology. He then joined Stanford University and graduated in 1990 with a B.S. in Symbolic Systems and Cognitive Science. While in college, Reid won both a Marshall Scholarship and a Dinkelspiel Award. From college, Reid joined Wolfson College, Oxford where he earn an M.St. in Philosophy in 1993 as a Marshall Scholar.
Reid Hoffman Peter Thiel | Paypal
He is an Executive VP of PayPal and the co-founder of LinkedIn which was founded in December 2002. Reid co-founded this business-oriented social network with two former colleagues from SocialNet including Allen Blue, Reid’s former college classmate, and a former colleague from his time at Fujitsu.
The business was launched as one of the first business-oriented online social networks on May 5, 2003. A colleague of Reid at PayPal called Peter Thiel invested in LinkedIn. LinkedIn had more than 332 million members in over 200 countries and territories by November 2014.
Reid Hoffman Linkedin
He is the co-founder of LinkedIn which was founded in December 2002. Currently, it has almost 800 million members. The site allows registered users to create professional profiles and also connect with each other. The site users can also invite anyone (whether a site user or not) to become a connection. Reid served as LinkedIn’s founding CEO for the first four years prior to becoming the chairman and president of products in February 2007.
Reid Hoffman Greylock
In June 2009, Reid became executive chairman. Reid owns a stake worth an estimated $2.34 billion. This is per the IPO of LinkedIn on May 19, 2011. The wealth does not include any potential benefits from Greylock Partners, where he became a partner in 2009. According to Reid, many people still do not understand how to use Linkedin service and it is LinkedIn’s job to help them out. On June 13, 2016, Microsoft proposed to acquire LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in cash. On March 14, 2017, Reid became a Microsoft board member.
Reid Hoffman Podcast | Masters Of Scale
He announced the launch of a podcast called “Masters of Scale” on April 25, 2017. Reid acts as the host of the podcast in each episode where he introduces a counterintuitive business theory and proves it out during the episode through a series of conversations with successful entrepreneurs. The podcast, CMasters of Scale) is committed to a 50-50 gender balance. The official podcast started on the Entrepreneur Magazine website on May 5, 2017. However, its currently hosted at mastersofscale.com.
Reid Hoffman Airbnb
So far feature the “Masters of Scale” episodes guests such as Robert F. Smith (investor). Robert Reffkin (Compass), Sara Blakely (Spanx), Indra Nooyi (former CEO Pepsi), Diane Greene, Shellye Archambeau, Mark Zuckerberg, Stewart Butterfield (Slack), Sheryl Sandberg, Stacy Brown-Philpot, John Elkann, Tory Burch, Brian Chesky (AirBNB), Ray Dalio, Sheila Lirio Marcelo (Care.com), Jessica Alba, and Beth Ford (CEO of Land O’Lakes).
Reid Hoffman Alliance | Book
Ben Casnocha, Reig, and Chris Yeh, of the management book, co-authored a book titled The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age, a New York Times bestseller released on July 8, 2014, in the USA. The argues that previous career models of lifetime employment and free agency no longer work in a business world defined by continuous change. In 2004, The Alliance became “the must-read book of the summer” named by Arianna Huffington.
Reid Hoffman Blitzscaling
Chris Yeh, of the book Blitzscaling and Reid co-authored a book titled The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies. According to this book, the secret of starting and also scaling massively valuable companies is a set of techniques called “blitzscaling” for “scaling up at a dizzying pace that blows competitors out of the water.” The book was released on October 9, 2018, in the USA.
Reid Hoffman Investments
His current venture capital investments include Helion Energy, Taptap Send, Nuro, Neeva, Nauto, Joby Aviation, Entrepreneur First, Convoy, Coda, Blockstream, and Aurora. His previous investments include Xapo, Last.fm, Flickr, 3DSolve, Shopkick, Digg, Nanosolar, Permuto, One Kings Lane, Airbnb, Gixo, Coupons.com, Knewton, Edmodo, Kongregate, SixApart, Ping.fm, Swipely, thesixtyone, Technetto, Tagged, VigLink, TrialPay, Viki, Vendio, Wrapp, and Wikia.
Reid Hoffman Quotes
– “You have to be constantly reinventing yourself and investing in the future.”
– “Hard work isn’t enough, and more work is never the real answer.”
– “No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team.”
– “People who take risk intelligently can usually actually make a lot more progress than people who don’t.”
– “All human beings are entrepreneurs.”
– “Sometimes freedom from normal rules is what gives you a competitive advantage.”
Reid Hoffman Quotes
– “If you’re not growing, you’re contracting.”
– “We don’t celebrate failure in Silicon Valley. We celebrate learning.”
– “Ironically, in a changing world, playing it safe is one of the riskiest things you can do.”
– “If you’re not growing, you’re contracting.”
– “The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.”
Reid Hoffman Net Worth
Reid was ranked #1580 on the Forbes 2021 list of the world’s billionaires with a net worth of US$2.4 billion.
Who Is Reid Hoffman
Reid is an American podcaster, author, venture capitalist, and internet entrepreneur. He co-founded a business-oriented social network called LinkedIn used primarily for professional networking. Reid served as its executive chairman
How Old Is Reid Hoffman
Reid is 54 years old. He was born on August 5, 1967, in Palo Alto, California, United States of America.
Is Reid Hoffman Married
Yes. Reid married his wife Michelle Yee in 2004. Currently, the duo resides in Seattle, Washington.