Reid Hoffman — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Co-Founder of LinkedIn, a business-oriented social network launched on May 5, 2003.
Co-Founder of Inflection AI (since 2022) and Manas AI (since 2025).
Partner at venture capital firm Greylock since 2009.
Chairman of venture capital firm Village Global since 2017.
Author of "Superagency."
Served on PayPal's board of directors at its founding and later as COO and Senior VP of Business Development.
Graduated from Stanford University in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science in symbolic systems and cognitive science, and earned a Master of Studies in philosophy from Wolfson College, Oxford, in 1993.

Biography

Reid Garrett Hoffman is an American internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist, podcaster, and author. He is the co-founder and former executive chairman of LinkedIn, a business-oriented social network. Hoffman is also a co-founder of Inflection AI (since 2022) and Manas AI (since 2025), with a current priority of investing in and building with AI to benefit humanity. He serves as a Partner at venture capital firm Greylock since 2009 and is Chairman of Village Global since 2017.