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Reid Hoffman

January 01, 1970

Reid Garrett Hoffman (born August 5, 1967) is an American internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist, podcaster, and author. Hoffman is the co-founder and executive chairman of LinkedIn, a business-oriented social network used primarily for professional networking. He is also Chairman of venture capital firm Village Global and a co-founder of Inflection AI.[1][2][3]

Reid Hoffman
Hoffman in 2011
Born
Reid Garrett Hoffman

(1967-08-05) August 5, 1967 (age 56)
Palo Alto, California, U.S.
EducationStanford University (BS)
Wolfson College, Oxford (MSt)
Occupation(s)Executive Chairman, LinkedIn
VC Partner at Greylock
Board member at Microsoft
Spouse
Michelle Yee
​
(m. 2004)​
Websitereidhoffman.org

Early life and education edit

Hoffman was an avid tabletop roleplaying gamer as a child[4] and worked as an editor at the game company Chaosium, then based in Oakland, California near his home.[5]

Hoffman attended high school at the progressive Putney School in Vermont,[6] where he engaged in farming activities.[7] He graduated from Stanford University in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science in Symbolic Systems and Cognitive Science.[8] He was awarded a Marshall Scholarship for graduate study abroad,[9] and he earned a Master of Studies (MSt) in philosophy from Wolfson College, Oxford, in 1993.[10]

His paternal great-great-great-grandfather was Theophilus Adam Wylie, a Christian Presbyterian minister and Indiana University president pro tempore.[11][12][13] Hoffman's uncle, Eric Hoffman, is a writer.[14][15]

Career edit

Early years edit

Hoffman joined Apple Computer in 1994, where he worked on eWorld, an early attempt at building an online service. AOL acquired eWorld in 1996.[16] He later worked at Fujitsu before co-founding his first company, SocialNet.com, in 1997. It focused "on online dating and matching up people with similar interests, like golfers who were looking for partners in their neighborhood."[17]

PayPal edit

While at SocialNet, Hoffman was a member of the board of directors during the founding of PayPal.[18] In January 2000, he left SocialNet and joined PayPal full-time as the company's COO.[17][19]

LinkedIn edit

 
Hoffman speaks at an event in 2008

Hoffman co-founded LinkedIn in December 2002 with two former colleagues from SocialNet (including Allen Blue) from his time at Fujitsu.[7][20] LinkedIn launched on May 5, 2003 as one of the first business-oriented online social networks.[21] Peter Thiel, a colleague of Hoffman's at PayPal, invested in LinkedIn. At the time of LinkedIn's IPO on May 19, 2011, Hoffman owned a stake worth an estimated $2.34 billion, not including any potential benefits from Greylock Partners, where he was named a partner in 2009.[22]

Microsoft proposed to acquire LinkedIn on June 13, 2016 for $26.2 billion in cash.[23] Hoffman became a Microsoft board member on March 14, 2017.[24]

Artificial Intelligence ventures edit

Hoffman was a founding investor in the artificial intelligence research company OpenAI.[25]

In March 2022, it was announced that Hoffman was co-founding a new startup, Inflection AI, with his long-time friend and Greylock colleague Mustafa Suleyman, the co-founder of DeepMind. CNBC reported that "Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Inflection will aim to develop AI software products that make it easier for humans to communicate with computers."[1]

On March 3, 2023, Hoffman resigned from his board seat at OpenAI, citing a desire to avoid conflicts of interest between his board seat at OpenAI, investments in AI technology companies via Greylock Partners, and role as founder of Inflection AI.[26]

As of May 2023, Hoffman and Greylock Partners have invested in at least 37 AI companies.[27] For example, they were an early investor in Tome, makers of productivity software driven by AI. The company claims it is the fastest productivity software maker to reach 1 million users.[28]

Hoffman has dismissed calls to “pause” the development of advanced AI systems, calling such ideas “foolish” and “anti-humanist.” Instead, he has called for the pace of development to be accelerated to help humans solve societal problems.[29]

Investing edit

After the PayPal sale to eBay, Hoffman became one of Silicon Valley's most prolific angel investors.[30] Dave Goldberg, former CEO of SurveyMonkey, said that Hoffman "is the person you want to talk to when you are starting a company."[16] In 2009, Hoffman joined Greylock Partners.[31]

According to David Kirkpatrick's book The Facebook Effect, Hoffman arranged the first meeting between Mark Zuckerberg and Peter Thiel, which led to Thiel's initial $500,000 angel investment in Facebook. Hoffman invested alongside Thiel in Facebook's first financing round.[32][33]

Since 2009, Hoffman has provided venture capital to dozens of businesses across industries, including consumer and transportation technology, finance, and artificial intelligence. Examples include Airbnb, Aurora Innovation, Taptap Send, and Helion Energy.[34][35][36]

He served on Zynga's board of directors from March 2008 to June 2014[37] and currently serves on several public boards, including Aurora, Joby Aviation, and Microsoft.[38][39][40]

Hoffman has made multiple investments in transportation technology companies, including Aurora, Convoy, Nauto, Nuro, and Joby Aviation, among others.[41][42]

An early advocate for cryptocurrency,[43] Hoffman led Greylock's 2014 Series A financing round in Xapo, a company that developed a bitcoin wallet product.[44]

In August 2023, Hoffman said he will not serve as a general partner for Greylock's upcoming funds.[45] He invested in California Forever, a company developing a planned city in Solano County, California.[46]

Teaching edit

Hoffman teaches the free Stanford University class, "Blitzscaling".[47][48]

Publications edit

The Start-Up of You edit

Hoffman is co-author, with Ben Casnocha, of the career book The Start-Up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform your Career.[7]

The book was released in the United States on February 14, 2012. It argues that individuals should think of themselves as businesses-of-one – the "CEO of their own career" – and draws many parallels between lessons learned from the stories of successful Silicon Valley technology companies and an individual's career.[49]

Publishers Weekly reviewed the book positively, saying, "with plenty of valuable guidance relevant to any career stage, this book will help readers not only survive professionally in times of uncertainty but stand out from the pack and flourish."[50] The Economist said that "Hoffman and Casnocha make a number of astute observations about shifts in the world of work."[51]

It became both a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller.[52][53]

The Alliance edit

Hoffman is co-author, with Ben Casnocha and Chris Yeh, of the management book The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age.[54]

The book was released in the United States on July 8, 2014. It argues that previous career models of lifetime employment and free agency no longer work in a business world defined by continuous change. Instead, it proposes that employers and employees should think of each other as "allies" and move from a transactional approach to employment to a "relational" one.[55]

The book became a New York Times bestseller.[56] Arianna Huffington named The Alliance "the must-read book of the summer" in 2014.[57] A Financial Times review was mixed, noting that those who aren't well-versed on the changing nature of the workplace may find the book useful, but readers looking for more surprising or in-depth insights will be disappointed.[58]

Blitzscaling edit

Hoffman is co-author, with Chris Yeh, of the book Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies.[59] The book was released in the United States on October 9, 2018. It argues that the secret to starting and scaling massively valuable companies is "blitzscaling", a set of techniques for "scaling up at a dizzying pace that blows competitors out of the water."[60]

Impromptu: Amplifying Our Humanity Through AI edit

On March 13, 2023, Hoffman released the book "Impromptu: Amplifying Our Humanity Through AI." Hoffman claims to have written the book using the large language model GPT-4.[61]

Podcasts edit

On April 25, 2017, Reid Hoffman announced the launch of a business and finance podcast called Masters of Scale, with the first episode of the podcast launching on May 3, 2017. The podcast is produced by WaitWhat, a media company led by former TED executives June Cohen and Deron Triff and hosted by Hoffman who interviews notable entrepreneurs and business and political leaders.[62] The Masters of Scale podcast has featured interviews with well-known founders and leaders including Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky, Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Huffington Post & Thrive Global founder Arianna Huffington, Imagine Entertainment founders, Brian Grazer & Ron Howard, Ariel Investments co-CEO Mellody Hobson, and President Barack Obama. Since its launch, Masters of Scale has won several Webby and Signal awards.[63][64][65]

In March 2023, Hoffman and his Chief of Staff Aria Finger began hosting a podcast called "Possible". According to its creators, the podcast "sketches out the brightest version of the future—and what it will take to get there". The first episode featured an interview with Trevor Noah.[66]

Honors and awards edit

  • In September 2023, Reid received Sigillum Magnum from University of Bologna during the Bologna Business School's commencement.[67]
  • In 2022, Reid delivered the commencement address at Vanderbilt University and received Vanderbilt's Nichols-Chancellor's Medal.[68][69][70]
  • In 2017 he was appointed an Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), "For services to promoting UK business and social networking and the Marshall Scholarship scheme".[71]
  • In September 2014, the American Academy of Achievement awarded Hoffman with the annual Golden Plate award, which honors accomplished individuals "for significant achievement in their fields."[72]
  • In April 2014, President Barack Obama named Hoffman as a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship "to help develop the next generation of entrepreneurs."[73]
  • In April 2014, Hoffman received the Distinguished Citizen Award from the Commonwealth Club of California.[74]
  • In May 2012, Hoffman was ranked third on the Forbes Midas List of the top tech investors.[75] Forbes described Hoffman as "Silicon Valley's uber-investor" and said Hoffman "has had a hand in creating nearly every lucrative social media startup."[75]
  • In 2012, The Martin Luther King Jr. Center honored Hoffman with their "Salute to Greatness" award which "recognizes individuals and corporations or organizations that exemplify excellence in leadership and a commitment to social responsibility in the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr."[76]
  • In 2012, Hoffman, along with Salman Khan of Khan Academy, was honored by the World Affairs Council and Global Philanthropy Forum in 2012. The council recognizes and honors remarkable leaders who have effected and will continue to effect social change through their private enterprise and social action. The awards in 2012 were dedicated to celebrating Technology for Social Impact.[77]
  • Hoffman was awarded the 2012 David Packard Medal of Achievement Award by TechAmerica for his contributions and advances within the high-tech industry, his community, and humankind.[78]
  • Hoffman received an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Babson College in 2012.[79]
  • In 2011, Hoffman and Jeff Weiner of LinkedIn shared the EY U.S. Entrepreneur of the Year Award.[80]

Personal life edit

In 2004, Hoffman married Michelle Yee.[81] The couple resides in Seattle, Washington. Hoffman is an avid player of board games, including Settlers of Catan, and has said that such games are good training for business.[82]

Hoffman helped fund E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit for defamation and battery against Donald Trump.[83] On May 9, 2023 a jury found Trump liable and awarded Carroll $5 million in damages.[84]

In September 2023, the Wall Street Journal reported that Hoffman visited Jeffrey Epstein's private island for a weekend in 2014. Hoffman claimed that the purpose of the meeting was to raise funds for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and that he regretted interacting with Epstein.[85]

Philanthropy edit

Hoffman currently serves on the boards of Kiva.org (peer-to-peer microlending pioneer that allows people to lend money via the internet to low-income/underserved entrepreneurs and students),[86] Endeavor Global (an organization that finds and supports high-impact entrepreneurs in emerging markets),[87] and New America (a think tank that focuses on a range of public policy issues, including national security, technology, health, gender, education, and the economy).[88] He's also the founding donor and board member at Opportunity@Work, an organization that seeks to eliminate the opportunity gap and provide millions of highly skilled but under-credentialed Americans (often from marginalized, rural and racially diverse backgrounds) better pathways to higher-paying jobs and careers.[89]

Hoffman also serves on the advisory council of the MIT Media Lab and is a supporter and chair of the advisory board for QuestBridge (a provider of talented low-income students to top colleges/universities).[90] Hoffman was also the first major funder of Crisis Text Line, a free, 24/7 crisis service via SMS in the US.In 2013, Hoffman provided a $250,000 matching grant (equivalent to $322,500 in 2023) to Code for America.In July 2016, Hoffman funded the $250,000 cash-prize (equivalent to $311,200 in 2023) MIT Media Lab MIT Disobedience Award,[91] an award created by Hoffman and Joi Ito to honor and recognize acts of disobedience resulting in positive social impact.[92] In November 2016, Hoffman and his wife, Michelle Yee, donated $20 million (equivalent to $24,900,000 in 2023) to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a charity dedicated to eradicating disease by 2100.[93] Hoffman and Yee's donation was for the Biohub, the Initiative's San Francisco laboratory. Hoffman also joined the board of the Biohub project.[94] In May 2018, Hoffman and Yee joined the Giving Pledge, "a global effort to help address society's most pressing problems by encouraging the wealthiest individuals and families to give the majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes."[95]

Hoffman is also a long-time supporter of Second Harvest of Silicon Valley. In 2021, in response to the massive increased need due to the pandemic, he offered to match any donations to the food bank, up to $2 million (equivalent to $2,219,000 in 2023).[96]

Artificial Intelligence edit

Hoffman is one of the backers of the Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Fund, a joint venture between the MIT Media Lab and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.[97] He is on the board of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), whose mission is to "advance AI research, education, policy and practice to improve the human condition",[98][99] and launched the institute's Hoffman-Yee Research Grants to "fund interdisciplinary teams with research spanning HAI's key areas of focus: understanding the human and societal impact of AI, augmenting human capabilities, and developing AI technologies inspired by human intelligence".[100] In 2018, Hoffman made a gift to the University of Toronto's Faculty of Information, to endow a chair "to study how the new era of artificial intelligence (AI) will affect our lives."[101]

Politics edit

 
Hoffman (back left) serves as a member of the US Defense Innovation Board.

Since at least 2011, Hoffman has been a member and regular attendee of the Bilderberg Group, which gathers 120–150 North American and European "political leaders and experts from industry, finance, academia and the media"[102] for an annual invitation-only closed-door conference.[103][104][105] Hoffman is also listed as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, to which he was elected in 2015.[106]

In April 2013, a pro-immigration lobbying group called FWD.us was launched, with Reid Hoffman listed as one of the founders. In 2014, Hoffman donated $150,000 (equivalent to $190,200 in 2023) to the Mayday PAC.[107] Also in 2014, Hoffman contributed $500,000 (equivalent to $633,900 in 2023) toward David Chiu's State Assembly campaign by funding an independent expenditure committee devoted to negative campaigning against his opponent: San Franciscans to Hold Campos Accountable—Vote No for Campos for State Assembly 2014.In 2016, Hoffman contributed $220,000 (equivalent to $273,900 in 2023) in support of Democratic candidate for Vermont governor Matt Dunne, according to a mass-media disclosure filed at the Vermont Secretary of State's Office.[108]

In 2016, Hoffman created a card game modeled after Cards Against Humanity intended to poke fun at US presidential candidate Donald Trump.[109] In December 2018, the New York Times broke a story alleging that Hoffman had "put $100,000 into an experiment that adopted Russia-inspired political disinformation tactics on Facebook" during the 2017 special Senate race in Alabama, which allegedly targeted Roy Moore voters. Hoffman did not immediately respond.[110] He apologized later that month, also stating he was unaware what the non-profit—Washington, D.C., based American Engagement Technologies, or AET—had been doing.[111]

In 2018, Hoffman helped fund Alloy, a company founded to legally exchange data with affiliated Democratic groups like super PACs. Hoffman supplied half of the 35 million dollars to start it.[112] The company shut down in 2021.[113]

Hoffman has been an outspoken proponent of democratic institutions and voting rights and in 2021 published a piece on LinkedIn entitled Protecting Voting Rights: Good for America, Good for American Business. In this piece he discusses how "former American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault and Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier led corporate America to take an active role in this situation, by explicitly advocating for the rights of all American citizens to make their voices heard through the core democratic act of voting".[114] In 2020, Hoffman also penned a piece that argued for making Voting Day a holiday.[115]

Hoffman gave at least $500,000 to the Mainstream Democrats super PAC, which was founded in February 2022 and has since spent more than $1 million supporting the campaigns of moderate Democrats Henry Cuellar and Kurt Schrader.[116][117][118][119][120]

In October 2022, Hoffman joined the Defense Innovation Board, an independent advisory board for the United States Department of Defense.[121]

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Reid Garrett Hoffman born August 5 1967 is an American internet entrepreneur venture capitalist podcaster and author Hoffman is the co founder and executive chairman of LinkedIn a business oriented social network used primarily for professional networking He is also Chairman of venture capital firm Village Global and a co founder of Inflection AI 1 2 3 Reid HoffmanHoffman in 2011BornReid Garrett Hoffman 1967 08 05 August 5 1967 age 56 Palo Alto California U S EducationStanford University BS Wolfson College Oxford MSt Occupation s Executive Chairman LinkedInVC Partner at GreylockBoard member at MicrosoftSpouseMichelle Yee m 2004 wbr Websitereidhoffman wbr org Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 2 1 Early years 2 2 PayPal 2 3 LinkedIn 2 4 Artificial Intelligence ventures 2 5 Investing 2 6 Teaching 3 Publications 3 1 The Start Up of You 3 2 The Alliance 3 3 Blitzscaling 3 4 Impromptu Amplifying Our Humanity Through AI 3 5 Podcasts 4 Honors and awards 5 Personal life 6 Philanthropy 6 1 Artificial Intelligence 7 Politics 8 References 9 External linksEarly life and education editHoffman was an avid tabletop roleplaying gamer as a child 4 and worked as an editor at the game company Chaosium then based in Oakland California near his home 5 Hoffman attended high school at the progressive Putney School in Vermont 6 where he engaged in farming activities 7 He graduated from Stanford University in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science in Symbolic Systems and Cognitive Science 8 He was awarded a Marshall Scholarship for graduate study abroad 9 and he earned a Master of Studies MSt in philosophy from Wolfson College Oxford in 1993 10 His paternal great great great grandfather was Theophilus Adam Wylie a Christian Presbyterian minister and Indiana University president pro tempore 11 12 13 Hoffman s uncle Eric Hoffman is a writer 14 15 Career editEarly years edit Hoffman joined Apple Computer in 1994 where he worked on eWorld an early attempt at building an online service AOL acquired eWorld in 1996 16 He later worked at Fujitsu before co founding his first company SocialNet com in 1997 It focused on online dating and matching up people with similar interests like golfers who were looking for partners in their neighborhood 17 PayPal edit While at SocialNet Hoffman was a member of the board of directors during the founding of PayPal 18 In January 2000 he left SocialNet and joined PayPal full time as the company s COO 17 19 LinkedIn edit nbsp Hoffman speaks at an event in 2008 Hoffman co founded LinkedIn in December 2002 with two former colleagues from SocialNet including Allen Blue from his time at Fujitsu 7 20 LinkedIn launched on May 5 2003 as one of the first business oriented online social networks 21 Peter Thiel a colleague of Hoffman s at PayPal invested in LinkedIn At the time of LinkedIn s IPO on May 19 2011 Hoffman owned a stake worth an estimated 2 34 billion not including any potential benefits from Greylock Partners where he was named a partner in 2009 22 Microsoft proposed to acquire LinkedIn on June 13 2016 for 26 2 billion in cash 23 Hoffman became a Microsoft board member on March 14 2017 24 Artificial Intelligence ventures edit Hoffman was a founding investor in the artificial intelligence research company OpenAI 25 In March 2022 it was announced that Hoffman was co founding a new startup Inflection AI with his long time friend and Greylock colleague Mustafa Suleyman the co founder of DeepMind CNBC reported that Headquartered in Silicon Valley Inflection will aim to develop AI software products that make it easier for humans to communicate with computers 1 On March 3 2023 Hoffman resigned from his board seat at OpenAI citing a desire to avoid conflicts of interest between his board seat at OpenAI investments in AI technology companies via Greylock Partners and role as founder of Inflection AI 26 As of May 2023 Hoffman and Greylock Partners have invested in at least 37 AI companies 27 For example they were an early investor in Tome makers of productivity software driven by AI The company claims it is the fastest productivity software maker to reach 1 million users 28 Hoffman has dismissed calls to pause the development of advanced AI systems calling such ideas foolish and anti humanist Instead he has called for the pace of development to be accelerated to help humans solve societal problems 29 Investing edit After the PayPal sale to eBay Hoffman became one of Silicon Valley s most prolific angel investors 30 Dave Goldberg former CEO of SurveyMonkey said that Hoffman is the person you want to talk to when you are starting a company 16 In 2009 Hoffman joined Greylock Partners 31 According to David Kirkpatrick s book The Facebook Effect Hoffman arranged the first meeting between Mark Zuckerberg and Peter Thiel which led to Thiel s initial 500 000 angel investment in Facebook Hoffman invested alongside Thiel in Facebook s first financing round 32 33 Since 2009 Hoffman has provided venture capital to dozens of businesses across industries including consumer and transportation technology finance and artificial intelligence Examples include Airbnb Aurora Innovation Taptap Send and Helion Energy 34 35 36 He served on Zynga s board of directors from March 2008 to June 2014 37 and currently serves on several public boards including Aurora Joby Aviation and Microsoft 38 39 40 Hoffman has made multiple investments in transportation technology companies including Aurora Convoy Nauto Nuro and Joby Aviation among others 41 42 An early advocate for cryptocurrency 43 Hoffman led Greylock s 2014 Series A financing round in Xapo a company that developed a bitcoin wallet product 44 In August 2023 Hoffman said he will not serve as a general partner for Greylock s upcoming funds 45 He invested in California Forever a company developing a planned city in Solano County California 46 Teaching edit Hoffman teaches the free Stanford University class Blitzscaling 47 48 Publications editThe Start Up of You edit Hoffman is co author with Ben Casnocha of the career book The Start Up of You Adapt to the Future Invest in Yourself and Transform your Career 7 The book was released in the United States on February 14 2012 It argues that individuals should think of themselves as businesses of one the CEO of their own career and draws many parallels between lessons learned from the stories of successful Silicon Valley technology companies and an individual s career 49 Publishers Weekly reviewed the book positively saying with plenty of valuable guidance relevant to any career stage this book will help readers not only survive professionally in times of uncertainty but stand out from the pack and flourish 50 The Economist said that Hoffman and Casnocha make a number of astute observations about shifts in the world of work 51 It became both a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller 52 53 The Alliance edit Hoffman is co author with Ben Casnocha and Chris Yeh of the management book The Alliance Managing Talent in the Networked Age 54 The book was released in the United States on July 8 2014 It argues that previous career models of lifetime employment and free agency no longer work in a business world defined by continuous change Instead it proposes that employers and employees should think of each other as allies and move from a transactional approach to employment to a relational one 55 The book became a New York Times bestseller 56 Arianna Huffington named The Alliance the must read book of the summer in 2014 57 A Financial Times review was mixed noting that those who aren t well versed on the changing nature of the workplace may find the book useful but readers looking for more surprising or in depth insights will be disappointed 58 Blitzscaling edit Hoffman is co author with Chris Yeh of the book Blitzscaling The Lightning Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies 59 The book was released in the United States on October 9 2018 It argues that the secret to starting and scaling massively valuable companies is blitzscaling a set of techniques for scaling up at a dizzying pace that blows competitors out of the water 60 Impromptu Amplifying Our Humanity Through AI edit On March 13 2023 Hoffman released the book Impromptu Amplifying Our Humanity Through AI Hoffman claims to have written the book using the large language model GPT 4 61 Podcasts edit On April 25 2017 Reid Hoffman announced the launch of a business and finance podcast called Masters of Scale with the first episode of the podcast launching on May 3 2017 The podcast is produced by WaitWhat a media company led by former TED executives June Cohen and Deron Triff and hosted by Hoffman who interviews notable entrepreneurs and business and political leaders 62 The Masters of Scale podcast has featured interviews with well known founders and leaders including Airbnb co founder and CEO Brian Chesky Netflix co founder Reed Hastings Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi Huffington Post amp Thrive Global founder Arianna Huffington Imagine Entertainment founders Brian Grazer amp Ron Howard Ariel Investments co CEO Mellody Hobson and President Barack Obama Since its launch Masters of Scale has won several Webby and Signal awards 63 64 65 In March 2023 Hoffman and his Chief of Staff Aria Finger began hosting a podcast called Possible According to its creators the podcast sketches out the brightest version of the future and what it will take to get there The first episode featured an interview with Trevor Noah 66 Honors and awards editIn September 2023 Reid received Sigillum Magnum from University of Bologna during the Bologna Business School s commencement 67 In 2022 Reid delivered the commencement address at Vanderbilt University and received Vanderbilt s Nichols Chancellor s Medal 68 69 70 In 2017 he was appointed an Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE For services to promoting UK business and social networking and the Marshall Scholarship scheme 71 In September 2014 the American Academy of Achievement awarded Hoffman with the annual Golden Plate award which honors accomplished individuals for significant achievement in their fields 72 In April 2014 President Barack Obama named Hoffman as a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship to help develop the next generation of entrepreneurs 73 In April 2014 Hoffman received the Distinguished Citizen Award from the Commonwealth Club of California 74 In May 2012 Hoffman was ranked third on the Forbes Midas List of the top tech investors 75 Forbes described Hoffman as Silicon Valley s uber investor and said Hoffman has had a hand in creating nearly every lucrative social media startup 75 In 2012 The Martin Luther King Jr Center honored Hoffman with their Salute to Greatness award which recognizes individuals and corporations or organizations that exemplify excellence in leadership and a commitment to social responsibility in the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr 76 In 2012 Hoffman along with Salman Khan of Khan Academy was honored by the World Affairs Council and Global Philanthropy Forum in 2012 The council recognizes and honors remarkable leaders who have effected and will continue to effect social change through their private enterprise and social action The awards in 2012 were dedicated to celebrating Technology for Social Impact 77 Hoffman was awarded the 2012 David Packard Medal of Achievement Award by TechAmerica for his contributions and advances within the high tech industry his community and humankind 78 Hoffman received an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Babson College in 2012 79 In 2011 Hoffman and Jeff Weiner of LinkedIn shared the EY U S Entrepreneur of the Year Award 80 Personal life editIn 2004 Hoffman married Michelle Yee 81 The couple resides in Seattle Washington Hoffman is an avid player of board games including Settlers of Catan and has said that such games are good training for business 82 Hoffman helped fund E Jean Carroll s lawsuit for defamation and battery against Donald Trump 83 On May 9 2023 a jury found Trump liable and awarded Carroll 5 million in damages 84 In September 2023 the Wall Street Journal reported that Hoffman visited Jeffrey Epstein s private island for a weekend in 2014 Hoffman claimed that the purpose of the meeting was to raise funds for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and that he regretted interacting with Epstein 85 Philanthropy editHoffman currently serves on the boards of Kiva org peer to peer microlending pioneer that allows people to lend money via the internet to low income underserved entrepreneurs and students 86 Endeavor Global an organization that finds and supports high impact entrepreneurs in emerging markets 87 and New America a think tank that focuses on a range of public policy issues including national security technology health gender education and the economy 88 He s also the founding donor and board member at Opportunity Work an organization that seeks to eliminate the opportunity gap and provide millions of highly skilled but under credentialed Americans often from marginalized rural and racially diverse backgrounds better pathways to higher paying jobs and careers 89 Hoffman also serves on the advisory council of the MIT Media Lab and is a supporter and chair of the advisory board for QuestBridge a provider of talented low income students to top colleges universities 90 Hoffman was also the first major funder of Crisis Text Line a free 24 7 crisis service via SMS in the US In 2013 Hoffman provided a 250 000 matching grant equivalent to 322 500 in 2023 to Code for America In July 2016 Hoffman funded the 250 000 cash prize equivalent to 311 200 in 2023 MIT Media Lab MIT Disobedience Award 91 an award created by Hoffman and Joi Ito to honor and recognize acts of disobedience resulting in positive social impact 92 In November 2016 Hoffman and his wife Michelle Yee donated 20 million equivalent to 24 900 000 in 2023 to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative a charity dedicated to eradicating disease by 2100 93 Hoffman and Yee s donation was for the Biohub the Initiative s San Francisco laboratory Hoffman also joined the board of the Biohub project 94 In May 2018 Hoffman and Yee joined the Giving Pledge a global effort to help address society s most pressing problems by encouraging the wealthiest individuals and families to give the majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes 95 Hoffman is also a long time supporter of Second Harvest of Silicon Valley In 2021 in response to the massive increased need due to the pandemic he offered to match any donations to the food bank up to 2 million equivalent to 2 219 000 in 2023 96 Artificial Intelligence edit Hoffman is one of the backers of the Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Fund a joint venture between the MIT Media Lab and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet amp Society at Harvard University 97 He is on the board of the Stanford Institute for Human Centered Artificial Intelligence HAI whose mission is to advance AI research education policy and practice to improve the human condition 98 99 and launched the institute s Hoffman Yee Research Grants to fund interdisciplinary teams with research spanning HAI s key areas of focus understanding the human and societal impact of AI augmenting human capabilities and developing AI technologies inspired by human intelligence 100 In 2018 Hoffman made a gift to the University of Toronto s Faculty of Information to endow a chair to study how the new era of artificial intelligence AI will affect our lives 101 Politics edit nbsp Hoffman back left serves as a member of the US Defense Innovation Board Since at least 2011 Hoffman has been a member and regular attendee of the Bilderberg Group which gathers 120 150 North American and European political leaders and experts from industry finance academia and the media 102 for an annual invitation only closed door conference 103 104 105 Hoffman is also listed as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations to which he was elected in 2015 106 In April 2013 a pro immigration lobbying group called FWD us was launched with Reid Hoffman listed as one of the founders In 2014 Hoffman donated 150 000 equivalent to 190 200 in 2023 to the Mayday PAC 107 Also in 2014 Hoffman contributed 500 000 equivalent to 633 900 in 2023 toward David Chiu s State Assembly campaign by funding an independent expenditure committee devoted to negative campaigning against his opponent San Franciscans to Hold Campos Accountable Vote No for Campos for State Assembly 2014 In 2016 Hoffman contributed 220 000 equivalent to 273 900 in 2023 in support of Democratic candidate for Vermont governor Matt Dunne according to a mass media disclosure filed at the Vermont Secretary of State s Office 108 In 2016 Hoffman created a card game modeled after Cards Against Humanity intended to poke fun at US presidential candidate Donald Trump 109 In December 2018 the New York Times broke a story alleging that Hoffman had put 100 000 into an experiment that adopted Russia inspired political disinformation tactics on Facebook during the 2017 special Senate race in Alabama which allegedly targeted Roy Moore voters Hoffman did not immediately respond 110 He apologized later that month also stating he was unaware what the non profit Washington D C based American Engagement Technologies or AET had been doing 111 In 2018 Hoffman helped fund Alloy a company founded to legally exchange data with affiliated Democratic groups like super PACs Hoffman supplied half of the 35 million dollars to start it 112 The company shut down in 2021 113 Hoffman has been an outspoken proponent of democratic institutions and voting rights and in 2021 published a piece on LinkedIn entitled Protecting Voting Rights Good for America Good for American Business In this piece he discusses how former American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault and Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier led corporate America to take an active role in this situation by explicitly advocating for the rights of all American citizens to make their voices heard through the core democratic act of voting 114 In 2020 Hoffman also penned a piece that argued for making Voting Day a holiday 115 Hoffman gave at least 500 000 to the Mainstream Democrats super PAC which was founded in February 2022 and has since spent more than 1 million supporting the campaigns of moderate Democrats Henry Cuellar and Kurt Schrader 116 117 118 119 120 In October 2022 Hoffman joined the Defense Innovation Board an independent advisory board for the United States Department of Defense 121 References edit a b Shead Sam March 8 2022 Reid Hoffman has co founded his first new company since LinkedIn sale CNBC Retrieved March 15 2022 Carson Biz Bill Gates Michael Dell Back 250 Million Village Global Fund Bloomberg Retrieved April 17 2024 Jin Berber Venture Capitalist Reid Hoffman to Scale Back Investment Role at Greylock WSJ Retrieved April 17 2024 Reid Hoffman Founder of LinkedIn video Khan Academy A King of Connections Is Tech s Go To Guy The New York Times November 6 2011 Lacter Mark May 2009 Reid Hoffman LinkedIn Inc 31 4 83 a b c The Start Up of You Adapt to the Future Invest in Yourself and Transform your Career New York Crown Business 2012 ISBN 978 0307888907 Reid Hoffman Academy of Achievement Retrieved February 29 2024 Marshall Scholar Class of 1990 Oxford University Association of Marshall Scholars Retrieved May 3 2023 Feloni Richard Billionaire LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman says his masters in philosophy has helped him more than an MBA businessinsider com Business Insider Retrieved May 3 2023 Louise Wylie Hoffman Archived June 30 2019 at the Wayback Machine Losaltosonline com October 15 2013 Retrieved on 2013 10 23 William Hoffman s Obituary on Mercury News Legacy com Retrieved June 10 2016 Wylie House Museum Iub edu November 16 2010 Retrieved on 2013 10 23 Eric Hoffman Santa Cruz County Stories Bonny Doon writer has lived life of adventure at home and away Santa Cruz Sentinel Archived from the original on October 12 2014 Retrieved October 6 2014 Crier Los Altos Town Louise Wylie Hoffman losaltosonline com a b Reid Hoffman Revealed Bloomberg Gamechangers Bloomberg Television Retrieved December 15 2012 a b Rusli Evelyn November 5 2011 A King of Connections Is Tech s Go To Guy The New York Times Retrieved December 15 2012 Brehse Tami The PayPal Mafia formed in the early 2000s and includes everyone from Elon Musk to the Yelp founders Here s where the original members have ended up Business Insider Retrieved May 3 2023 Jackson Ashton May 13 2022 LinkedIn co founder to graduates Friendships may be your life s most important work CNBC com Retrieved May 3 2023 Radford Wattley Aaron June 16 2020 Who is the founder of LinkedIn foxbusiness com Fox Business Retrieved May 3 2023 LinkedIn About LinkedIn Retrieved November 20 2014 Levy Ari May 19 2011 LinkedIn s Biggest Backers Will Own 2 5 Billion Stake After Initial Sale Bloomberg Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for 26 2 billion LNKD shares jump 47 CNBC June 13 2016 Retrieved June 13 2016 LinkedIn Co founder Reid Hoffman Just Joined Microsoft s Board Fortune March 14 2017 Retrieved March 14 2017 Markoff John December 11 2015 Artificial Intelligence Research Center Is Founded by Silicon Valley Investors The New York Times Dastin Jeffrey March 3 2023 OpenAI s long time backer Reid Hoffman leaves board Reuters Retrieved March 17 2023 Griffith Erin May 25 2023 Reid Hoffman Is on a Mission To Show A I Can Improve Humanity The New York Times Retrieved October 6 2023 Konrad Alex February 22 2023 Buzzy Storytelling Startup Tome Raises 43 Million From A Who s Who In AI Forbes Retrieved October 6 2023 Prakash Prarthana September 13 2023 LinkedIn co founder Reid Hoffman dismisses calls to halt AI development as foolish and anti humanist Yahoo Retrieved October 6 2023 Rao Leena September 27 2010 Greylock Gives Super Angel Turned VC Reid Hoffman A 20 Million Seed Fund techcrunch com Retrieved May 3 2023 Greylock Gives Super Angel Turned VC Reid Hoffman A 20 Million Seed Fund TechCrunch September 27 2010 Retrieved on 2013 10 23 The Facebook Effect The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World David Kirkpatrick 9781439102114 Amazon com Retrieved on October 23 2013 Meet Facebook s Soon To Be Billionaires Business Insider May 13 2010 Retrieved on 2013 10 23 Profile Reid Hoffman Forbes Retrieved May 3 2023 Taptap Send raises 65M to build cross border remittances focused on the most underserved markets TechCrunch December 20 2021 Retrieved December 20 2021 Who we are Helion Energy Retrieved November 28 2021 Hoge Patrick Reid Hoffman and Jeffrey Katzenberg leave Zynga s board of directors bizjournals com San Francisco Business Times Retrieved May 3 2023 Board of Directors aurora tech Aurora Retrieved May 3 2023 Board of Directors JobyAviation com Retrieved May 3 2023 Executive Officers news microsoft com Microsoft Retrieved May 3 2023 Reid Hoffman Is Bullish on the Future of Transportation Bloomberg October 13 2021 Retrieved December 20 2021 Reid Hoffman Greylock Retrieved December 20 2021 Reid Hoffman Why the blockchain matters Wired UK ISSN 1357 0978 Retrieved December 15 2021 Biggs John July 8 2014 Bitcoin Vault Xapo Raises 20 Million From Greylock Index And Announces BTC Debit Cards Are Shipping This Month techcrunch com Techcrunch Retrieved May 3 2023 Jin Berber August 30 2023 Venture Capitalist Reid Hoffman to Scale Back Investment Role at Greylock The Wall Street Journal Billionaires want to build a new city in rural California They must convince voters first ABC News Retrieved September 24 2023 Lachance Shandrow Kim September 14 2015 How to Apply For Reid Hoffman s Stanford Class on Successfully Scaling Your Startup entrepreneur com Retrieved July 3 2022 Townsend Tess July 20 2021 Reid Hoffman The First Three Stages of Blitzscaling INC com Retrieved July 3 2022 LinkedIn co founder Social web still very young cbsnews com CBS March 22 2012 Retrieved May 3 2023 Nonfiction Review The Start Up of You Adapt to the Future Invest in Yourself and Transform Your Career Publishers Weekly Retrieved December 14 2012 Becoming a social worker What finding jobs and founding businesses have in common The Economist April 7 2012 Retrieved December 14 2012 Cowles Gregory Best Sellers The New York Times New York Times Retrieved December 14 2012 Best Selling Books Week Ended February 19 Wall Street Journal Retrieved December 14 2012 Hoffman Reid 2014 The Alliance Managing Talent in the Networked Age Boston Harvard Business Review Press ISBN 978 1625275776 The Alliance The Alliance Retrieved November 20 2014 New York Times Best Sellers August 3 2014 The New York Times Retrieved November 20 2014 Huffington Arianna July 10 2014 The Alliance The Must Read Book of the Summer That Could Change the Way We Work Huffington Post Retrieved November 20 2014 Mattu Ravi July 9 2014 Review The Alliance by Reid Hoffman Ben Casnocha Chris Yeh Financial Times Retrieved April 27 2023 Reid Hoffman Yeh Chris 2018 Blitzscaling the lightning fast path to building multi billion dollar scaleups First ed New York Currency ISBN 9781524761417 OCLC 1019843447 Hoffman Reid Yeh Chris October 9 2018 Blitzscaling The Lightning Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies Crown ISBN 978 1 5247 6141 7 Retrieved October 5 2018 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a website ignored help Hoffman Reid LinkedIn Post LinkedIn Reid Hoffman Retrieved March 17 2023 Spangler Todd July 30 2019 Arianna Huffington s Thrive Global Teams With Former TED Execs for Mindfulness Podcast Series variety com Variety Retrieved May 22 2023 Best Series Archived from the original on May 9 2018 Retrieved December 22 2018 Masters of Scale winners webbyawards com Webby Awards Retrieved June 7 2023 The Signal Awards Winners Gallery signalaward com Signal Awards Retrieved June 7 2023 Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger March 14 2023 Possible Podcast Retrieved March 17 2023 Bologna Business School celebra la Graduation in Piazza Maggiore Bologna Business School celebrates graduation in Piazza Maggiore in Italian ANSA September 8 2023 Reid Hoffman entrepreneur investor and co founder of LinkedIn to deliver 2022 Graduates Day address Vanderbilt University November 18 2021 Retrieved May 13 2022 Class of 2022 Graduates Day retrieved May 13 2022 WATCH Entrepreneur Reid Hoffman tells Vanderbilt Class of 2022 that cultivating close friendships may be your life s most important work Vanderbilt University The most excellent order of the British Empire CBE PDF 2017 For services to promoting UK business and social networking and the Marshall Scholarship scheme Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement www achievement org American Academy of Achievement U S Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Announces Inaugural Members of the Presidential Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship Initiative United States Department of Commerce Retrieved November 20 2014 111th Anniversary amp 26th Annual Distinguished Citizen Award Dinner Commonwealth Club Retrieved November 20 2014 a b Reid Hoffman Forbes Forbes com Retrieved December 14 2012 King Center Announces Plans for 2012 MLK Holiday Observance The Martin Luther King Jr Center for Nonviolent Social Change www thekingcenter org Archived from the original on January 14 2016 Retrieved November 10 2015 2012 Awards Dinner Technology for Social Impact World Affairs Council Archived from the original on June 7 2013 Retrieved December 14 2012 Foremski Tom October 10 2012 LinkedIn s Reid Hoffman Awarded David Packard Lifetime Achievement Medal Silicon Valley Watcher Retrieved December 14 2012 Honorary Degree Candidates and Speakers Babson Archived from the original on April 8 2014 Retrieved June 2 2013 Ernst amp Young Entrepreneur of the Year Ernst amp Young Archived from the original on July 5 2012 Retrieved December 14 2012 Rowan David For LinkedIn Founder Reid Hoffman Relationships Rule the World Wired Retrieved May 1 2018 Waters Richard October 20 2017 LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman Board games inspired my business strategy Financial Times Retrieved October 6 2023 Weiser amp Savage Benjamin amp Charlie April 13 2023 LinkedIn s Co Founder Helped Fund the Suit Accusing Trump of Rape The New York Times Retrieved October 6 2023 Hymes Clare Kates Graham Stevens Nia May 9 2023 Trump liable for sexual abuse defamation ordered to pay E Jean Carroll 5 million CBS News Retrieved October 6 2023 Safdar Khadeeja Benoit David September 2 2023 Who Are the Names in Jeffrey Epstein s Calendar The Wall Street Journal Retrieved September 4 2023 Leadership kiva org Retrieved May 3 2023 Global Board of Directors endeavor org Endeavor Retrieved May 3 2023 Our People newamerica org New America Retrieved May 3 2023 Board of Directors Opportunity Work Retrieved October 6 2018 Reid Hoffman Biography MIT Media Lab Retrieved November 20 2014 MeToo Leaders To Get MIT Disobedience Award CBS Boston November 27 2018 Retrieved December 14 2019 Nemani Abhi December 18 2013 Reid Hoffman Challenges Tech Community to Support Civic Innovation www codeforamerica org Archived from the original on December 14 2019 Retrieved December 14 2019 Ito Joi Rewarding Disobedience by Joi Ito MIT Media Lab Retrieved December 14 2019 McDermid Riley November 11 2016 LinkedIn s Reid Hoffman donates 20 million to Chan Zuckerberg Initiative will join board Silicon Valley Business Journal Retrieved November 11 2016 14 More Philanthropists Join the Giving Pledge The Giving Pledge Retrieved October 5 2018 Second Harvest of Silicon Valley Artificial intelligence to learn religion morality amp ethics from new tech fund Tech Monitor January 11 2017 Retrieved December 15 2021 Reid Hoffman Stanford HAI Retrieved December 15 2021 About Stanford Institute for Human Centered Artificial Intelligence Retrieved December 15 2021 Hoffman Yee Research Grants Stanford Institute for Human Centered Artificial Intelligence Retrieved December 20 2021 Reid Hoffman makes record breaking gift to the Faculty of Information boundless utoronto ca Retrieved December 15 2021 About Bilderberg Meetings BilderbergMeetings org Archived from the original on August 5 2011 Retrieved July 31 2016 Comstock Courtney Everything You Need To Know About The Secret Bilderberg Meeting Taking Place In Switzerland businessinsider com Business Insider Retrieved May 3 2023 Bilderberg Participant Lists PublicIntelligence net Retrieved July 31 2016 Latest Meetings BilderbergMeetings org Archived from the original on July 23 2016 Retrieved July 31 2016 Membership Roster cfr org Council on Foreign Relations Retrieved May 3 2023 Our Top Sponsors mayday us Archived from the original on August 13 2014 Retrieved August 13 2014 Outside Groups Pump Money Into Vermont s Race For Governor Vermont Public Radio August 4 2016 Retrieved August 14 2016 Silicon Valley is playing Cards Against Trump USA Today September 14 2016 Retrieved September 30 2016 Luke Stangel December 21 2018 LinkedIn cofounder reportedly funded Russian style influence campaign in Alabama race Silicon Valley Business Journal Retrieved December 23 2018 J Jennings Moss December 26 2018 Reid Hoffman apologizes for highly disturbing campaign effort Silicon Valley Business Journal Retrieved December 30 2018 Inside the implosion of the 35 million startup meant to fix the Democratic Party Vox Media December 15 2020 Retrieved April 21 2021 Schleifer Theodore November 23 2020 Silicon The 35 million play to fix Democrats data problem is shutting down Retrieved April 21 2021 Protecting Voting Rights Good for America Good for American Business www linkedin com Retrieved December 8 2021 Hoffman Reid January 14 2020 Make Election Day a Holiday It s the American Thing to Do Medium Retrieved December 15 2021 Grim Ryan May 24 2022 Silicon Valley Billionaire Storms Into Texas to Bail Out Abortion Foe Henry Cuellar The Intercept Retrieved May 25 2022 Mainstream Democrats PAC Recipients 2022 OpenSecrets www opensecrets org Retrieved May 25 2022 Where megadonors are spending big money to shape the Democratic Party s future Politico May 16 2022 Retrieved May 25 2022 Texas runoff tests Democratic divisions over abortion immigration Washington Post ISSN 0190 8286 Retrieved May 25 2022 Private Equity Funded Super PAC Buys Attack Ads Benefiting Kurt Schrader Against Progressive Challenger Sludge May 3 2022 Retrieved May 25 2022 Secretary of Defense Welcomes Defense Innovation Board to the Pentagon defense gov Department of Defense Retrieved May 3 2023 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Reid Hoffman About LinkedIn Management Archived from the original on September 13 2008 Retrieved January 2 2006 Hoffman s LinkedIn profile Archived from the original on September 13 2008 Retrieved June 23 2006 Hoffman s LinkedIn Influencer posts Archived from the original on July 28 2015 Stanford 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