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Reid Hoffman


A philosopher at heart with a foundational belief in networks – Reid is one of Silicon Valley's big thinkers. Best known for co-founding LinkedIn, Reid also had a hand in growing PayPal, Facebook & Airbnb and now focuses on investing in and building AI to benefit humanity.

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Bio

Despite being synonymous with two tech giants, PayPal and LinkedIn, and being one of Silicon Valley’s best known serial entrepreneurs and investors, Reid Hoffman very nearly didn’t go into business at all. Having earned a B.Sc in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University in 1990, he decided he wanted to become an academic and flew to England to study Philosophy at Oxford’s Wolfson College. 

 

It became apparent within a few months of his course that academia wasn’t for him – it didn’t have enough scale. He would have more impact on the world as a software entrepreneur. The philosopher in him, however, has been the driving force behind his work as a founder, investor, author and teacher – believing in harnessing networks to facilitate career advancement, personal growth and adding value to society as a whole.

 

Born in Palo Alto, California, Reid was raised in the Bay Area. He joined Apple Computer in 1994 where we worked on an early online service called eWorld. He later worked at Fujitsu where he was the project manager for a virtual world product called WorldsAway. Reid “had a few more years” in him at Fujitsu but left when a founder he knew asked him to join him at a start-up – SocialNet, a dating site. This first foray into entrepreneurship cemented one of the central themes of Reid’s career – social products. With the internet in its infancy, SocialNet didn’t quite take off and was acquired by a company called Spark Networks.

 

While still at SocialNet, Reid became a member of the board of directors at PayPal – but when he exited SocialNet this role transitioned into Executive Vice President, in which he was responsible for external relationships – a role he did for almost three years before PayPal was acquired by eBay for $1.5bn in 2002. 


It was after the exit from PayPal that Reid started to double down on his interest in social networks. In 2003, he and Mark Pincus, the founder of Zynga founder, bought the Six Degrees patent for constructing social networks. Later that year he incorporated a new company, LinkedIn – a social platform to facilitate professional connections, find jobs and share knowledge.

 

Reid had a vision for a network that could transform people’s economic lives. The company went public in 2011, after gaining more than 100 million users. In 2016, LinkedIn was acquired by Microsoft for $26.2 billion (£18 billion) and Reid joined Microsoft’s board.

 

Reid became a partner at venture capital firm, Greylock Partners in 2009 where he remains today – having invested in the likes of Airbnb, Aurora, and Coda. In recent years, he has come to focus on AI, something he sees as an intelligence amplifier with the potential to reshape the world for good. In 2022 he co-founded a new AI start-up called Inflection AI with DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman and former DeepMind researcher Karen Simonyan. He has also founded Manas AI. 


Outside of business building, Reid is the author of several books, including Blitzscaling, The Start-up of You and Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right With Our AI Future. He has taught a ""Blitzscaling"" course at Stanford University and has delivered keynote speeches at institutions like the London School of Economics and the University of Bologna, Business School, where he advocates for responsible innovation and the amplification of human potential through technology.

Impact

$26B+

Exit value

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Board / Advisory Roles

100+

Early stage investments

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Unicorns invested in

4

Companies Founded

10+

Philanthropic initiatives

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Sectors operated in

Life Story

Born in California

Reid was born on 5 August, 1967 in Palo Alto, California. His parents, Deanna Rutter and William Hoffman Jr., were both liberal lawyers and conversations about ethics and how society should be run were common in his home.

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World Map

Palo Alto, USA

US

Palo Alto is not only where Reid was born, it's where he went to university (Stanford) made his biggest impact professionally, co-founding and investing in numerous companies across Silicon Valley.

Press

Inc.comInc.com

Here’s How LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman Says AI Needs to Be Reg...

21st October 2025

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FortuneFortune

LinkedIn's cofounder Reid Hoffman says seeking work-life balance is...

26th September 2025

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The New York TimesThe New York Times

Whom Might the Trump Administration Go After Next?

26th September 2025

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Inc.comInc.com

LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman and Kickstarter’s Everette Taylor on How to...

18th September 2025

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Business InsiderBusiness Insider

Reid Hoffman says vibe coding won't 'wipe out' productivity software

21st August 2025

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Inc.comInc.com

Why LinkedIn Founder Reid Hoffman Says This Is the Best Game for Bu...

9th August 2025

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Business InsiderBusiness Insider

Reid Hoffman cloned himself with AI — here's what he learned from h...

30th July 2025

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CNBCCNBC

Watch CNBC's full interview with LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman i...

9th July 2025

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BloombergBloomberg

Billionaire Hoffman Backs Brain Startup Using AI, Ultrasound

23rd June 2025

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LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman says people are underestimating AI'...

19th June 2025

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FortuneFortune

Reid Hoffman says consoling Gen Z in the AI bloodbath is like...

18th June 2025

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LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman says Gen Z graduates are 'enormousl...

13th June 2025

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FortuneFortune

LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman admits what you learn during colleg...

13th June 2025

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Inc.comInc.com

LinkedIn’s Co-founder Gave a 1-Sentence Hot Take on Work Life Balan...

4th June 2025

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Reid Hoffman says AI can't be your friend — and pretending it can i...

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LinkedIn cofounder says if AI can help students cheat on assessment...

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Reid Hoffman shares his daily AI habit that he says gives him a 'lens'

26th April 2025

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Railing against ‘woke AI’ hurts American success, Reid Hoffman says

25th April 2025

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Seeing AI’s bright side through Reid Hoffman’s eyes: book review

25th April 2025

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Reid Hoffman Praises Shopify's Toby Lütke for His Recent Memo on AI

17th April 2025

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Bloomberg.comBloomberg.com

LinkedIn Founder Hoffman's AI Dream Needs Human Vigilance

4th April 2025

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FortuneFortune

LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman says it’s not the speed of the Trum...

24th March 2025

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The GuardianThe Guardian

‘Start using AI deeply. It is a huge intelligence amplifier'

22nd March 2025

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Business InsiderBusiness Insider

LinkedIn cofounder: Trump's 'America-only' policies risk giving int...

22nd March 2025

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The EconomistThe Economist

Reid Hoffman on Musk, AI and the future of humanity

20th March 2025

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Wins SolutionsWins Solutions

The Future of Work, according to LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman

18th February 2025

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London School of Economics and Political ScienceLondon School of Economics and Political Science

Reid Hoffman appointed Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE

12th February 2025

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ForbesForbes

LinkedIn Founder Reid Hoffman’s New AI Startup May Revolutionize Ca...

11th February 2025

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Business InsiderBusiness Insider

Reid Hoffman doesn't want Big Tech's pivot from fact-checking to me...

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Reid Hoffman, Clem Delangue among tech entrepreneurs and VCs callin...

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LinkedIn Founder Reid Hoffman Says That the Only Way to Deal With I...

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EntrepreneurEntrepreneur

This Startup Is Billionaire Reid Hoffman’s Next Big Bet

3rd February 2025

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Hoffman Believes AI Agents Will Be an Essential Part of How We Work

2nd February 2025

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CNBCCNBC

Reid Hoffman enters 'wondrous and terrifying' world of health care ...

2nd February 2025

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The tech bro who wasn't on Trump's inauguration stage

31st January 2025

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The Associated PressThe Associated Press

Hoffman sees bright AI future and hopes his tech peers are right...

27th January 2025

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Siddhartha Mukherjee, Reid Hoffman to launch AI drug design startup

27th January 2025

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17th January 2025

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LinkedIn Co-Founder Thinks Trust in Democracy Has Eroded. How He Pl...

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Business InsiderBusiness Insider

LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman says work-life balance isn't possib...

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The TimesThe Times

Reid Hoffman on LinkedIn, Elon Musk and why he’s decided not to leave

14th December 2024

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London School of Economics and Political ScienceLondon School of Economics and Political Science

Reid Hoffman discusses AI's transformative potential at LSE

12th December 2024

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FortuneFortune

LinkedIn cofounder and Democratic mega-donor Reid Hoffman might lea...

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The TelegraphThe Telegraph

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TechCrunchTechCrunch

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman warns against Elon Musk’s ‘conflic...

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SpotifySpotify

Inflection AI and Intel Launch Enterprise AI System

7th October 2024

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Business InsiderBusiness Insider

How Hoffman went from studying philosophy at Oxford to building Lin...

20th August 2024

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FoundrFoundr

How Reid Hoffman Became a Silicon Valley Icon

12th April 2024

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The New York TimesThe New York Times

Reid Hoffman Is on a Mission: To Show A.I. Can Improve Humanity

25th March 2023

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MediumMedium

5 steps for a successful approach to product-market fit

12th September 2017

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‘Settlers of Catan’ is the ‘board game for entrepreneurship'

5th May 2017

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MediumMedium

Three Killer Career Tips from Reid Hoffman The Founder of LinkedIn

23rd December 2014

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Career Milestones

Co-founder, Board Chair
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Manas AI

A company that harnesses AI to cut the timeline and costs of traditional therapeutic discovery

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2025 – Present

Co-founder, Board Member
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Inflection AI

A public benefit corporation leveraging our world-class large language model to build the first AI platform focused on the needs of the enterprise

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2022 – Present

Partner
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Greylock

Venture Capital Firm

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2009 – Present

Co-founder
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LinkedIn

While at university, Dylan gained industry experience as an intern at LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network, connecting professionals to make them more productive and successful.
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2003 – 2016

Co-founder
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Socialnet

Early matching website connecting people based on their interests

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1997 – 2000

Director of Product Mangement and Development
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Fujitsu

Japanese ITC company

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1996 – 1997

Senior User Experience Architect
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Apple

While at university, Benioff interned at Apple, writing assembly code for the Macintosh. This early exposure to the tech industry offered him the chance to meet Steve Jobs.
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1994 – 1996

Early Stage Investments

Advisory & Mentoring

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Reinvent Capital

Advisor

calender-icon2018 – Present

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Reinvent Capital

A group of experienced founders, operators and investors that partner with and support companies' scaling process

calender-icon2018 – Present

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QuestBridge

Advisor

calender-icon2008 – Present

location-iconPalo Alto, California

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QuestBridge

An organisation that provides support for high-achieving students from low-income backgrounds

calender-icon2008 – Present

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MIT Media Lab

Advisor

calender-icon2014 – 2021

location-iconCambridge, Massachusetts

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MIT Media Lab

An collaboration of research groups and initiatives focused on creating and commercialising future technologies

calender-icon2014 – 2021

location-iconCambridge, Massachusetts

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Centre for Citizen Media

Advisor

calender-icon2006 – 2007

location-iconUSA

Centre for Citizen Media

A non-profit initiative aimed at helping to enable and encourage grassroots media, especially citizen journalism

calender-icon2006 – 2007

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Globant

Advisor

calender-icon2012 – Present

location-iconSan Francisco, California

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Globant

A company that leverages AI expertise to create digitally-native products through technology and creativity.

calender-icon2012 – Present

location-iconSan Francisco, California

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Endeavor Global

Board Member

calender-icon2010 – Present

location-iconNew York

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Endeavor Global

A company that provides investment and support for high-growth entrepreneurs to dream bigger and scale faster

calender-icon2010 – Present

location-iconNew York

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Mozilla

Board Member

calender-icon2005 – 2016

location-iconSan Francisco

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Mozilla

A company that provides services to ensure the internet remains open and accessible

calender-icon2005 – 2016

location-iconSan Francisco

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Research Bridge Partners

Advisor

calender-icon2017 – 2023

location-iconTexas

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Research Bridge Partners

A company that invests in biomedical startups based on innovator breakthroughs at mid-continent research universities

calender-icon2017 – 2023

location-iconTexas

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Kiva.org

Board Member

calender-icon2006 – 2025

location-iconSan Francisco

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Kiva.org

An international non-profit that expands financial access to help underserved communities thrive

calender-icon2006 – 2025

location-iconSan Francisco

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New America

Advisor

calender-icon2019 – 2024

location-iconWashington

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New America

Public policy think-and-action tank; links a research institute, tech lab, solutions network, media hub, and public foru

calender-icon2019 – 2024

location-iconWashington

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Berggruen Institute

Advisor

calender-icon2017 – Present

location-iconCalifornia

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Berggruen Institute

An institution developing foundational ideas and shaping political, economic and social institutions for the 21st centur

calender-icon2017 – Present

location-iconCalifornia

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Human Technology Foundation

Advisor

calender-icon2017 – Present

location-iconParis

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Human Technology Foundation

A foundation and a research and action network that places human beings at the heart of technological development

calender-icon2017 – Present

location-iconParis

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CZ Biohub

Advisor

calender-icon2016 – Present

location-iconSan Francisco

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CZ Biohub

A group of nonprofit research institutes that unite scientists, engineers, and physicians to solve scientific problems

calender-icon2016 – Present

location-iconSan Francisco

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Lever for Change

Board Member

calender-icon2019 – Present

location-iconChicago

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Lever for Change

Helps philanthropists source vetted, high-impact philanthropic opportunities, connecting them to capital.

calender-icon2019 – Present

location-iconChicago

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Opportunity@Work

Founding Board Member

calender-icon2016 – Present

location-iconWashington

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Opportunity@Work

A nonprofit social enterprise re-wiring the US labour market through innovative technology and education financing

calender-icon2016 – Present

location-iconWashington

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Village Global

Chairman

calender-icon2017 – Present

location-iconSan Francisco

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Village Global

A network-native VC firm helping founders go faster with a founder community, expert advice, and introductions

calender-icon2017 – Present

location-iconSan Francisco

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Microsoft India R&D

Board Member

calender-icon2017 – Present

location-iconWashington

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Microsoft India R&D

A company that uses technology to empower people and organisations to achieve more

calender-icon2017 – Present

location-iconWashington

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Aurora

Board Member

calender-icon2018 – Present

location-iconPennsylvania

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Aurora

Autonomous vehicle technology company, focused on self-driving solutions for freight, delivery, and passenger transport

calender-icon2018 – Present

location-iconPennsylvania

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Nauto

Board Member

calender-icon2017 – Present

location-iconCalifornia

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Nauto

A company that develops AI-powered driver and fleet safety systems to reduce collisions and improve driving behaviour

calender-icon2017 – Present

location-iconCalifornia

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Entrepreneur First

Board Member

calender-icon2017 – Present

location-iconLondon

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Entrepreneur First

A company that identifies founders with extraordinary futures, investing in and placing them in a community of peers.

calender-icon2017 – Present

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The London School of Economics and Political Science (L

Visiting Senior Fellow

calender-icon2025 – Present

location-iconLondon

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The London School of Economics and Political Science (L

A world-leading university, dedicated to the social sciences.

calender-icon2025 – Present

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Coda

Board Member

calender-icon2014 – 2024

location-iconSan Francisco

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Coda

A collaboration platform that combines the power of spreadsheets and databases into a flexible, dynamic workspace

calender-icon2014 – 2024

location-iconSan Francisco

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Blockstream

Advisor

calender-icon2014 – 2024

location-iconQuebec

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Blockstream

Bitcoin and blockchain technology, offering solutions for scaling, security and decentralised financial systems

calender-icon2014 – 2024

location-iconQuebec

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Joby Aviation

Board Member

calender-icon2021 – 2024

location-iconCalifornia

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Joby Aviation

An electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft company aiming to redefine urban transportation

calender-icon2021 – 2024

location-iconCalifornia

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Convoy

Board Member

calender-icon2016 – 2023

location-iconSeattle

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Convoy

A digital freight network that uses technology to optimise trucking logistics, reducing costs and environmental impact

calender-icon2016 – 2023

location-iconSeattle

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Neeva

Advisor

calender-icon2019 – 2023

location-iconCalifornia

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Neeva

A company that provides search assistance powered by AI

calender-icon2019 – 2023

location-iconCalifornia

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OpenAI

Board Member

calender-icon2019 – 2023

location-iconSan Francisco

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OpenAI

An AI research and deployment company ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity

calender-icon2019 – 2023

location-iconSan Francisco

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Xapo

Advisor

calender-icon2014 – 2021

location-iconGibraltar

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Xapo

A cryptocurrency company offering a secure, reliable, and easy way to manage and store bitcoin.

calender-icon2014 – 2021

location-iconGibraltar

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Airbnb

Board Observer

calender-icon2010 – 2020

location-iconSan Francisco

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Airbnb

A trusted community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book unique accommodations around the world

calender-icon2010 – 2020

location-iconSan Francisco

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Edmodo

Advisor

calender-icon2011 – 2018

location-iconCalifornia

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Edmodo

This company was designed to connect learners with the people and resources they need to reach their full potential.

calender-icon2011 – 2018

location-iconCalifornia

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Shopkick

Advisor

calender-icon2010 – 2014

location-iconMassachusetts

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Shopkick

A platform that provides high consumer engagement for brands and retailers along the entire path to purchase

calender-icon2010 – 2014

location-iconMassachusetts

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Zynga

Board Member

calender-icon2008 – 2014

location-iconSan Francisco

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Zynga

A global leader in interactive entertainment with a mission to connect the world through games

calender-icon2008 – 2014

location-iconSan Francisco

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Six Apart

Advisor

calender-icon2003 – 2010

location-iconTokyo

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Six Apart

This company empowers users to create and share online content through platforms like Movable Type and TypePad

calender-icon2003 – 2010

location-iconTokyo

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PayPal

Executive Vice President, Advisor

calender-icon1998 – 2002

location-iconSan Jose

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PayPal

A company that champions possibilities for all by making access to money fast, easy, and more enjoyable

calender-icon1998 – 2002

location-iconSan Jose

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Philanthropy

Founders Brands Limited

180 Strand, 2 Arundel Street, London,

United Kingdom, WC2R 3DA

Company number: 15716753

VAT number: 487 5152 58

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