Reid Hoffman
LinkedIn co-founder, author, and podcast host exploring how people build companies, work together, and shape a future with AI.
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Known for
Overview
- Known for
- Co-founding LinkedIn; hosting Masters of Scale and Possible
- Education
- Symbolic systems at Stanford; philosophy at Oxford
- Breakout
- Co-founded LinkedIn in 2003
- Also building
- Co-founder of Inflection AI and Manas AI
Mini bio
How it started.
Reid studied symbolic systems at Stanford and philosophy at Oxford. Before becoming known for LinkedIn, they worked at Apple and Fujitsu, then started SocialNet in 1997. In an Academy of Achievement interview, Reid recalls learning how to finance a company while the consumer internet was still taking shape.
Building connections.
After serving as a founding board member and executive vice president at PayPal, Reid co-founded LinkedIn in 2003. They joined Greylock in 2009, bringing an interest in networks and how businesses grow.
Sharing the lessons.
Masters of Scale launched in May 2017 with a Brian Chesky interview. Possible followed in 2023, pairing Reid with Aria Finger for conversations about technology and the future. Their books range from Blitzscaling, written with Chris Yeh, to Impromptu, written with GPT-4, and Superagency, written with Greg Beato.
The next questions.
In January 2025, Reid and physician-scientist Siddhartha Mukherjee announced Manas AI, a company working on AI-assisted drug discovery. That interest in what technology can help people do also runs through Reid’s writing and podcast conversations.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
- 2025Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future?Co-author with Greg Beato
- 2023Impromptu: Amplifying Our Humanity Through AIAuthor, writing with GPT-4
- 2018BlitzscalingCo-author with Chris Yeh
Podcasts
- 2023PossibleCo-host with Aria Finger
- 2017Masters of ScaleHost
Awards
Quotes
We humans are Homo techne: humans as toolmakers and tool users.Reid Hoffman, “AI, Society, and Our World Order”
From a December 2024 London School of Economics lecture. Source linked below.
Trivia
- Reid considered becoming a philosophy professor while studying at Oxford.
- SocialNet was initially called Relationships.com before Reid renamed it to reflect ambitions beyond dating.
- Outside technology, Reid’s interests include board games and science fiction.
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