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Reid Hoffman

1967 - Today

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Reid Garrett Hoffman (born August 5, 1967) is an American internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist, podcaster, and author. Hoffman is the co-founder and executive chairman of LinkedIn, a business-oriented social network used primarily for professional networking. He is also chairman of venture capital firm Village Global and a co-founder of Inflection AI. Hoffman has been an influential figure in political circles, being a member of the Bilderberg Group since at least 2011 and the Council on Foreign Relations since 2015. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Reid Hoffman has received more than 5,849,923 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Reid Hoffman is the 691st most popular businessperson (down from 536th in 2019), the 11,497th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,365th in 2019) and the 243rd most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 5.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Reid Hoffman ranks 691 out of 847Before him are Kimbal Musk, Niklas Zennström, Lev Manovich, Xu Rongmao, Gérard Lopez, and Michael Burry. After him are Jimmy Iovine, Lynn Hill, Changpeng Zhao, Martin Whitmarsh, Peter Hill-Wood, and Andy Jassy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Reid Hoffman ranks 418Before him are Ranko Popović, Magnus Gustafsson, Heimir Hallgrímsson, Avi Gabbay, Igor Shuvalov, and Dale Crover. After him are Anthony Nesty, Hevia, Slobodan Kovač, Glen Benton, Valeria Marini, and Harry Connick Jr..

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Reid Hoffman ranks 11,497 out of 20,380Before him are Franklin Farrell (1908), Sunny Lane (1980), Bruce Bueno de Mesquita (1946), Jim Nabors (1930), Jenifer Lewis (1957), and Levi Leipheimer (1973). After him are James Corson (1906), Stanford R. Ovshinsky (1922), Jerry Vale (1930), Jimmy Iovine (1953), Fabiano Caruana (1992), and John Henninger Reagan (1818).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Reid Hoffman ranks 243Before him are Robert Mercer (1946), Todd Boehly (1973), Eben Moglen (1959), John W. Henry (1949), Herman Cain (1945), and Michael Burry (1971). After him are Jimmy Iovine (1953), Lynn Hill (1961), Andy Jassy (1968), Harley Earl (1893), Peter Ueberroth (1937), and Stockton Rush (1962).