Linkedin Maker

Reid Garrett Hoffman or commonly known by the name of Reid Hoffman is an American entrepreneur , venture capitalist and author . Hoffman is best known as the co -founder of LinkedIn , a social network used primarily for business connections and job searching .

Reid Hoffman was born on August 5, 1967 in Stanford , California , USA . He was the son of Deanna Ruth Rutter and William Parker Hoffman , Jr. . He grew up in Berkeley , California . The school he Purtey School and graduated from Stanford University in 1990 . Afterwards he continued his studies at Oxford University in 1993 .

In 1994 Hoffman joined Apple Computer . He also worked at Fujitsu and eventually establish his own company called SocialNet.com . But in 2000 he left SocialNet.com and joined PayPal as the COO of the company.

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In December 2002 , Reid Hoffman co - founded LinkedIn . At that time he collaborated with his colleague while working at SocialNet , college mates and colleagues while he was in Fujitsu . On May 5, 2003 finally officially launched LinkedIn . At that time Peter Thiel and Keith Rabois who is a colleague Reid Hoffman at PayPal while also investing in LinkedIn . LinkedIn developments since then so quickly . Even pata Linked in November 2012 has had more than 187 million users in more than 200 countries . Last LinkedIn willing to pay dearly Pulse cooperation that exists between both.

In general, these social networking sites is not much different from other social networking sites . Here users can create their own profiles and build relationships with other professionals . It's just the use of social networking sites is just focused on professionals only. Therefore this website is more serious and really looks professional . Here there is also information that is more specific and valid .

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