Children Sophia Weiner Spouse Lisette Weiner | Role Businessman Name Jeff Weiner | |
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Born February 21, 1970 (age 54) ( 1970-02-21 ) New York City, New York, United States Residence San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States Website Jeff Weiner on LinkedIn Education University of Pennsylvania Similar People Reid Hoffman, Michael Moritz, David Sze, Konstantin Guericke Profiles | ||
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Jeffrey "Jeff" Weiner (born February 21, 1970) is an American businessman. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of LinkedIn, 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 Microsoft for $26 billion in June of 2016.
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- Early life and education
- Career
- Other interests
- References
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Early life and education
Weiner graduated from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science in Economics.
Career
Weiner served in various leadership roles at Yahoo 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 Inktomi, AltaVista, and FAST as well as the development of Yahoo Search Technology.
He has worked at Warner Bros. as Vice President of Warner Bros. Online, developing its initial business plan. He was an Executive-in-Residence for leading venture capital firms Accel Partners and Greylock Partners.
In 2011 Weiner and Reid Hoffman 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.
Other interests
Weiner is also active in the non-profit sector, serving on the Board of Directors of DonorsChoose.org and Malaria No More.