Reid Hoffman, a global entrepreneur and the founder of LinkedIn
Reid Hoffman is one of the world's most prominent businessmen and who has become famous in the world of social media after he founded his world site LinkedIn with his friends. What was his journey?
He was born in 1967, California, from a young age he was fond of technology and computer, Reid Hoffman first started working at the age of 12 at a gaming company.
Hoffman attended Stanford University, graduated in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in science, and received a master's degree in philosophy in 1993 from Oxford University.
Reid aspired to become a well-known writer, but what he discouraged was his dream of leaving a great impact and a positive message among people. This pushed him towards following the world of entrepreneurship because it is the best way to achieve his purpose.
Reed held many positions during his lifetime, the beginning of which was when Apple worked for me in the "eWorld" division and at that time included a lot of Internet services such as Postal Service and News and then left after a while and worked for Fujitsu, a company specializing in computer industry
Reid also worked with PayPal, which specializes in money transfers and bank payments until, after two years of hard work, he became PayPal's vice president but was acquired by EBay for about $26 billion.
Reed launched his first company, called Social NetDotCom, and was ahead of its time. Although it failed, it served as the first spark towards the establishment of one of the world's most popular platforms.
Hoffman realized in 2002 that this was the time to implement his idea, so he launched LinkedIn as a pilot version and then officially launched to users in May 2003 and served as the company's founding CEO in the first 4 years and then became Chairman of the Board of Directors in General 2009
In 2016, Hoffman sold LinkedIn to Microsoft for about $26 billion and served as its director. In recognition of his efforts, he received an honorary doctorate from Babson University.
