1. Jeff Weiner was the chief executive officer of LinkedIn, a business-related social networking website.
10 Facts About Jeff Weiner
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Jeff Weiner started with LinkedIn on December 15,2008, as Interim President.
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Jeff Weiner is the founding Partner of Next play venture capital.
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Jeff Weiner graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science in Economics.
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Jeff Weiner was an Executive-in-Residence for leading venture capital firms Accel and Greylock Partners.
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In 2009, Jeff Weiner implemented the first BizOps team at LinkedIn.
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In 2014, Jeff Weiner was recognized by LinkedIn employees via Glassdoor's annual survey as among "the top 10 CEOs at US Tech Companies".
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In 2016, Jeff Weiner received media attention for donating his $14 million stock bonus to the pool for LinkedIn employees following a drop in share price.
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On February 5,2020, Jeff 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.
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Jeff Weiner is active in the non-profit sector, serving on the Board of Directors of DonorsChoose.