Reid Hoffman

Reid Hoffman’s first startup was Socialnet. Socialnet is an online dating network. From there he moved on to the board of PayPal. PayPal is an electronic money transmission service. When he sold PayPal he used that money when founding LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a business social network site. With this social network people can post information about their career and job experiences to share with other professional people in the work force. Reid stepped down from CEO of LinkedIn in June 2009 and is now an entrepreneur and partner at Greylock Partners. Greylock Partners is a firm that works with entrepreneurs to build market leading companies. At Greylock, Reid deals with consumer internet, enterprise 2.0, mobile, social gaming, online marketplaces, payments and social networks. Reid is also known as an Angel Investor. An Angel Investor is someone who provides capital for a business startup, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity. As you can see Reid keeps himself busy with his entrepreneurship.
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