Reid Hoffman

Co-Founder of LinkedIn; Co-Founder of Inflection AI; Partner at Greylock

An accomplished entrepreneur, executive, and investor, Reid Hoffman has played an integral role in building many of today’s leading consumer technology businesses. In 2003, he co-founded LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional networking service. In 2009, he joined Greylock. In 2022, he co-founded Inflection AI. He currently serves on the boards of Aurora, Coda, Convoy, Entrepreneur First, Joby, Microsoft, Nauto, Neeva, and a few early stage companies still in stealth. In addition, he serves on a number of not-for-profit boards, including Kiva, Endeavor, CZ Biohub, New America, Berggruen Institute, Opportunity@Work, the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, and the MacArthur Foundation’s Lever for Change. He is the host of Masters of Scale, the first American podcast to commit to a 50-50 gender balance for featured guests as well as Possible, a podcast that sketches out the brightest version of the future—and what it will take to get there. He is the co-author of five best-selling books: The Startup of You, The Alliance, Blitzscaling, Masters of Scale, and Impromptu. He is an Aspen Institute Crown Fellow, a Marshall Scholar at Oxford, and a graduate of Stanford University.

By Reid Hoffman

Talking Politics: When, How and Why CEOs Should Speak Out

VC Investing During Covid

In Times of Pandemic, In Gates We Trust

My 2020 Vision for Graduates: How to be Optimistic in Terrible Times

Is Blitzscaling Over?

A Fun Moment in Podcasts

Bitcoin Rap Battle: Hamilton vs. Satoshi

Renovating Democracy with Nicolas Berggruen, Reid Hoffman and Nathan Gardels

Playing Trumped Up Cards: The World’s Biggest Deck*