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Reid Hoffman Is a Well-Known Venture Capitalist, Entrepreneur and Author. Hoffman’s Name Associated with Brands Like Paypal, Linked in and Grey Lock. He Was...
Reid Hoffman is a well-known venture capitalist, entrepreneur and author. Hoffman’s name associated with brands like PayPal, Linked In and Grey lock. He was born on 5 August 1967 in Standford in California. He is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the Silicon Valley.
Hoffman was born in Stanford, but he grew up in Berkeley. During his early years, he attended The Putney School. On the education front, he is a graduate of Bachelor of Arts/ Science from the Standford University. In 1993, he earned a Master’s Degree in Philosophy from the Oxford University. He further got a degree in Symbolic System from Standford University.
He always believed that an entrepreneurial career would provide him a much-needed platform. He started working in the product management department of Apple computers and Fujistu. Hoffman co-founded his first company by the name Socialnet.com, which was an online dating service.
Hoffman is known as one of the first employees in the PayPal business, which was later sold to EBay. In the year 2003, he co-founded the social networking company called LinkedIn. He acted as the CEO for the first four years. Before that, he was the Vice President at PayPal.