Jeff Weiner
3rd degree connectionCEO at LinkedIn
San Francisco Bay Area
Internet executive with over 20 years of experience, including general management of mid to large size organizations, corporate development, product development, business operations, and strategy.
Currently CEO at LinkedIn, the web's largest and most powerful network of professionals.
Prior to LinkedIn, was an Executive in Residence at Accel Partners and Greylock Partners. Primarily focused on advising the leadership teams of the firm's existing consumer technology portfolio companies while also working closely with the firm’s partners to evaluate new investment opportunities.
Previously served in key leadership roles at Yahoo! for over seven years, most recently as the Executive Vice President of Yahoo!'s Network Division managing Yahoo's consumer web product portfolio, including Yahoo's Front Page, Mail, Search, and Media products.
Specialties: general management, corporate development, product development, business operations, strategy, product marketing, non-profit governance
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Articles & activity
9,403,433 followers
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Experience
CEO
Company Name LinkedIn
Dates Employed Dec 2008 – Present
Employment Duration 10 yrs 5 mos
Connecting the world's professionals to make them more productive and successful. Since joining the company in December 2008, LinkedIn has expanded its global platform to 23 languages and more than 30 offices around the world, grown its membership base from 33M to more than 500M, and increased its revenue from $78M to over $4B in 2017. ... See more
Member, Board of Directors
Company Name Intuit
Dates Employed Apr 2012 – Present
Employment Duration 7 yrs 1 mo
Location Mountain View, CA
With revenue of $4B+ and approximately 8,000 employees, Intuit is a leading provider of innovative business and financial management solutions for small and medium-sized businesses, consumers, accounting professionals and financial institutions. ... See more
Member, Board of Directors
Company Name DonorsChoose
Dates Employed 2007 – Present
Employment Duration 12 yrs
One of the web's leading philanthropic marketplaces, designed to enable teachers to upload classroom projects in need of funding, and for anyone to select and fund a project. ... See more
Member Board Of Directors
Company Name EVERFI
Dates Employed Sep 2017 – Present
Employment Duration 1 yr 8 mos
Location Washington D.C. Metro Area
Partnered with this innovative educational coursework and platform provider to develop and distribute The Compassion Project, an initiative designed to ensure compassion is taught in every primary school in the U.S. ... See more
Co-Founder
Company Name Next Play Ventures
Dates Employed 2014 – Present
Employment Duration 5 yrs
Location San Francisco Bay Area
Angel / early stage / private equity investments to date include Slack (originally Tiny Speck), Cloudera, Headspace, Vox Media, Collective Health, Everfi, Figma, Scoop, Little Passports, Seesaw, Cleo, Cameo, Before Brands, ThinkCERCA, Cricket Health, Holberton School, LogicGate, LandscapeHub, FNBTech, Wellthy, CurlMix, Loris.ai. ... See more
Skills & Endorsements
Recommendations
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While I was at Yahoo!, I had the honor of working for Jeff on the Yahoo! Teachers social networking product. Jeff was our executive sponsor on this project and he was our strongest and most passionate advocate. His knowledge of the consumer Internet and youth media space was invaluable and his strategic eye... See more ... See more
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I have no reservation whatsoever in recommending Jeff, a visionary leader whose passion and intellect can have a profound impact on the industry and beyond. I had the good fortune of working with Jeff for many years as his engineering partner, and it was the experience of a lifetime. His influence was the single bi... See more ... See more