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Birth Status
Reid Hoffman was born in Palo Alto, California, on August 5, 1967 to William Parker Hoffman and Deanna. -
About Family
His mom is Deanna Ruth Rutter and father is William Parker Hoffman. His great-great-great-grandfather was Theophilus Adam Wylie and he was a Christian Presbyterian Minister. He has been married to Michelle Yee since 2004 and decided to not have any children. -
High School
He went to high school at The Putney School, there he farmed maple syrup, drove oxen, and studied epistemology. -
Accomplishments
Hoffman called himself an avid tabletop roleplaying gamer when he was younger. HIs first paying job was an editor at a game company called Chaosium. His name was featured on the box of Chaosium RuneQuest role-playing game release. He won both a Marshall Scholarship and a Dinkelspiel Award, with a B.S. in Symbolic Systems and Cognitive Science. -
College Years
Reid Hoffman went to college at Stanford University and graduated in 1990 and earned a scholarship and an award. Later on he earned his M.St. in Philosophy from Wolfson College, Oxford in 1993. -
Early Career, First Job
His first paying job was when he was 12 and was an editor near his home, in Oakland. His plan after graduating from Stanford was to become a professor and public intellectual. While at SocialNet, Hoffman was a member of the board of directors during the founding of PayPal, an electronic money transmission service. In January 2000, he left SocialNet and joined PayPal full-time as the company's COO. -
3 Major Accomplishments
Hoffman co-founded LinkedIn in December 2002 with two former colleagues from SocialNet (including Allen Blue), a former college classmate and a former colleague from his time at Fujitsu. It launched on May 5, 2003, as one of the first business-oriented online social networks. In March 2022, it was announced that Hoffman was co-founding a new startup, Inflection AI. After the PayPal sale to eBay, Hoffman became one of Silicon Valley's most prolific and successful angel investors. -
5 Characteristics About Reid Hoffman
He is a hardworking person who was able to accomplish great things. A storyteller who wrote books about his job. Smart because he won a Marshalls Scholarship and has humanity because he has been awarded with 13 awards so far since 2010. He is a creative person because of everything he has created so far.