Reid Hoffman

Quick Facts

Full Name	Reid Hoffman
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Date Of Birth	Aug 5, 1967(1967-08-05)
Age	57
Birthplace	Palo Alto
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Leo

Reid Hoffman Biography

Reid Hoffman is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on August 5, 1967 in Palo Alto, California, United States. Co-founder of social networking site LinkedIn.

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Hoffman described himself an avid tabletop roleplaying gamer as a child. His first paid job (at age 12) was as an editor at the game company Chaosium, then based in Oakland near his home. Although he was only 14 years old at the time, Hoffman’s name was featured on the box of Chaosium’s RuneQuest role-playing game release Borderlands (1982), receiving equal billing with game designers Steve Perrin, Sandy Petersen and Greg Stafford.

Hoffman attended high school at The Putney School, where he farmed maple syrup, drove oxen and studied epistemology. He graduated from Stanford University in 1990, where he won both a Marshall Scholarship and a Dinkelspiel Award, with a B.S. in Symbolic Systems and Cognitive Science. He went on to earn an M.St. in Philosophy from Wolfson College, Oxford in 1993 as a Marshall Scholar.

He married Michelle Yee. His grandfather was Theophilus Adam Wylie, president of Indiana University.

Reid Hoffman Net Worth

Reid Hoffman is one of the richest Entrepreneur from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Reid Hoffman 's net worth $3 Billion. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After he was awarded a Marshall Scholarship from Stanford and a Dinkelspiel award from Stanford, he earned a Master of Arts in Philosophy degree from Oxford University.

He was an eminent philanthropist and served on the Do Something board, which was an organization that aimed to help young people make social change.

Reid Garrett Hoffman (born August 5, 1967) is an American internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist and author. Hoffman was the co-founder and executive chairman of LinkedIn, a business-oriented social network used primarily for professional networking. He is currently a partner at the venture capital firm Greylock Partners. On the Forbes 2019 list of the world’s billionaires, Hoffman was ranked #1349 with a net worth of US$1.8 billion.

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Who is Reid Hoffman Dating?

According to our records, Reid Hoffman married to Michelle Yee. As of December 1, 2023, Reid Hoffman’s is not dating anyone.

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Hoffman has published a variety of posts as a “LinkedIn Influencer” on LinkedIn. He published an essay proposing a new form of credentialing for university students and professionals entitled “Disrupting the Diploma.” On his personal website, he published “LinkedIn’s Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs,” in which he analyzed LinkedIn’s 2004 Series B venture funding pitch deck and offered advice to prospective entrepreneurs on how to formulate a pitch deck.

Facts & Trivia

Reid Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Reid Hoffman celebrates birthday on August 5 of every year.

Hoffman has also written op-eds in the Washington Post, including one published in 2009 entitled “Let Startups Bail Us Out” encouraging funding for grassroots innovation in the wake of the financial crisis and another in June 2013 entitled “Immigration promotes entrepreneurship and prosperity” advocating for immigration reform. He has written for Strategy+Business on professional networking and is an “Influencer” on LinkedIn where he posts original written content.

What did Reid Hoffman invent?

Hoffman is part of the so-called “PayPal Mafia,” and was one of the first employees at the payment company that was later sold to eBay. Before PayPal, Hoffman created the (failed) dating site SocialNet , which some regard as the first online social network.

Does Reid Hoffman have kids?

Hoffman and Yee, who got married in 2004, have decided not to have children. “Our position is a reasoned position,” he says. “We both think children are delightful.

How much did Reid Hoffman make from PayPal?

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman’s first big win in business came at PayPal, where he was an executive vice president when eBay bought the company for $1.5 billion in 2002.

Why did Reid Hoffman start LinkedIn?

The idea for his first company, SocialNet, came after his work on Apple’s eWorld, an early social platform. “One of the things I learned from Apple was that I really wanted to build a new product from the ground up to see if I could do something that would really make a huge difference in people’s lives ,” he said.

Is Reid Hoffman a billionaire?

He is currently a partner at the venture capital firm Greylock Partners and a co-founder of Inflection AI. On the Forbes 2021 list of the world’s billionaires, Hoffman was ranked #1580 with a net worth of US$2.4 billion.