Jeff Weiner

Jeffrey Weiner (born February 21, 1970) is an American businessman. He was 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 (~$33.2 billion in 2024) in June 2016. Additionally, he was the Executive Chairman of LinkedIn from 2020 to 2026. He is currently the Founding Partner of Next Play Ventures. Weiner graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science in Economics. 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!