Jeffrey Weiner (born February 21, 1970 in New York City, New York) is an American businessman. He was the

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(CEO) of

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, a business-related social networking website. He started with LinkedIn on December 15, 2008, as Interim President. Weiner played an instrumental role in LinkedIn's acquisition by

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for $26 billion in June 2016. Currently, he is the Executive chairman of Linkedin as in 2022. He is also the founding Partner of Next play venture capital.

Early life and education

Weiner graduated from the

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in 1992 with a

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Career

Weiner served in various leadership roles at

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for over seven years beginning in 2001, most recently as the Executive Vice President of Yahoo's Network Division. As EVP of Yahoo, he led a team of over 3,000 employees, managing products reaching over 500 million consumers. While serving Yahoo’s Network Division, he was part of the Search leadership team that directed the acquisition and integration of

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, AltaVista, and

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as well as the development of

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Technology. He has worked at Warner Bros. as

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of Warner Bros. Online, developing its initial business plan. He was an Executive-in-Residence for leading

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firms Accel and Greylock Partners. In 2009, Weiner implemented the first BizOps team at LinkedIn. In 2011, Weiner and

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were the U.S. Overall winners of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award In 2014, Weiner was recognized by LinkedIn employees via Glassdoor's annual survey as among "the top 10 CEOs at U.S. Tech Companies". In 2016, Weiner received media attention for donating his $14 million stock bonus to the pool for LinkedIn employees following a drop in share price. On February 5, 2020, Weiner announced he will step down as CEO of LinkedIn and become executive chairman in order to focus on closing the network gap and realizing LinkedIn's vision of creating economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. He named Ryan Roslansky as his replacement.

Other interests

Weiner is also active in the non-profit sector, serving on the Board of Directors of

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.org and Malaria No More.

References

External links

Jeff Weiner profile
at Business Insider
LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner
at ''

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LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner Talks About Growth
at '' All Things Digital''
Can Jeff Weiner Realize LinkedIn’s Full Potential?
at '' BusinessWeek''
Jeff Weiner Profile
at

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Profile at World of CEOs DOSSIER

LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner on Connecting Talent with Opportunity

Jeff Weiner on Establishing a Plan and Culture for Scaling Stanford University

Stanford University, Blitzscaling: Jeff Weiner on Establishing a Plan and Culture for Scaling (YOUTUBE)
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