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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/221017-D-BN624-0280_%2852436096810%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-221017-D-BN624-0280_%2852436096810%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/221017-D-BN624-0280_%2852436096810%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-221017-D-BN624-0280_%2852436096810%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/221017-D-BN624-0280_%2852436096810%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-221017-D-BN624-0280_%2852436096810%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1109" data-file-height="1363" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Hoffman in 2022</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Reid Garrett Hoffman</div> (1967-08-05) August 5, 1967 (age 57) <div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California" title="Palo Alto, California">Palo Alto, California</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BS</a>) <a href="/wiki/Wolfson_College,_Oxford" title="Wolfson College, Oxford">Wolfson College, Oxford</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Studies" title="Master of Studies">MSt</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Executive Chairman, <a href="/wiki/LinkedIn" title="LinkedIn">LinkedIn</a> VC Partner at <a href="/wiki/Greylock_Partners" title="Greylock Partners">Greylock</a> Board member at <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style 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Hoffman is the co-founder and executive chairman of <a href="/wiki/LinkedIn" title="LinkedIn">LinkedIn</a>, a business-oriented <a href="/wiki/Social_network" title="Social network">social network</a> used primarily for professional networking. He is also chairman of venture capital firm Village Global and a co-founder of <a href="/wiki/Inflection_AI" title="Inflection AI">Inflection AI</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Shead-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> Hoffman has been an influential figure in political circles, being a member of the <a href="/wiki/Bilderberg_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Bilderberg Group">Bilderberg Group</a> since at least 2011 and the <a href="/wiki/Council_on_Foreign_Relations" title="Council on Foreign Relations">Council on Foreign Relations</a> since 2015. He has actively participated in political funding and advocacy, contributing to various campaigns and organizations, and has been a vocal proponent of democratic institutions and voting rights. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Reid_Hoffman&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education">edit</a>]</div> Hoffman was an avid <a href="/wiki/Tabletop_role-playing_game" title="Tabletop role-playing game">table-top role-playing gamer</a> as a child<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> and worked as an editor at the game company <a href="/wiki/Chaosium" title="Chaosium">Chaosium</a>, then based in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland, California</a>, near his home.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> Hoffman attended high school at the <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Progressive Education">progressive</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Putney_School" title="The Putney School">Putney School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont</a>,<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> where he engaged in farming activities.<a href="#cite_note-Crown_Business-7">[7]</a> He graduated from <a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a> in 1990 with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">Bachelor of Science</a> in <a href="/wiki/Symbolic_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Symbolic system">Symbolic Systems</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cognitive_Science" class="mw-redirect" title="Cognitive Science">Cognitive Science</a>.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> He was awarded a <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Scholarship" title="Marshall Scholarship">Marshall Scholarship</a> for graduate study abroad,<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> and he earned a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Studies" title="Master of Studies">Master of Studies</a> (MSt) in philosophy from <a href="/wiki/Wolfson_College,_Oxford" title="Wolfson College, Oxford">Wolfson College, Oxford</a>, in 1993.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> His paternal great-great-great-grandfather was <a href="/wiki/Theophilus_Adam_Wylie" title="Theophilus Adam Wylie">Theophilus Adam Wylie</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_(U.S.A.)" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)">Christian Presbyterian</a> minister and <a href="/wiki/Indiana_University" title="Indiana University">Indiana University</a> president pro tempore.<a href="#cite_note-ltsosg1-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> Hoffman's uncle, Eric Hoffman, is a writer.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Reid_Hoffman&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years">Early years</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Reid_Hoffman&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early years">edit</a>]</div> Hoffman joined <a href="/wiki/Apple_Computer" class="mw-redirect" title="Apple Computer">Apple Computer</a> in 1994, where he worked on <a href="/wiki/EWorld" title="EWorld">eWorld</a>, an early attempt at building an online service. <a href="/wiki/AOL" title="AOL">AOL</a> acquired eWorld in 1996.<a href="#cite_note-Bloomberg_Television-16">[16]</a> He later worked at <a href="/wiki/Fujitsu" title="Fujitsu">Fujitsu</a> before co-founding his first company, SocialNet.com, in 1997. It focused "on online dating and matching up people with similar interests, like golfers who were looking for partners in their neighborhood."<a href="#cite_note-Rusli-17">[17]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PayPal">PayPal</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Reid_Hoffman&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: PayPal">edit</a>]</div> While at SocialNet, Hoffman was a member of the board of directors during the founding of <a href="/wiki/PayPal" title="PayPal">PayPal</a>.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> In January 2000, he left SocialNet and joined PayPal full-time as the company's COO.<a href="#cite_note-Rusli-17">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="LinkedIn">LinkedIn</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Reid_Hoffman&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: LinkedIn">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Reid_Hoffman_speaking.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Reid_Hoffman_speaking.jpg/220px-Reid_Hoffman_speaking.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Reid_Hoffman_speaking.jpg/330px-Reid_Hoffman_speaking.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Reid_Hoffman_speaking.jpg/440px-Reid_Hoffman_speaking.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a><figcaption>Hoffman speaks at an event in 2008.</figcaption></figure> Hoffman co-founded <a href="/wiki/LinkedIn" title="LinkedIn">LinkedIn</a> in December 2002 with two former colleagues from SocialNet (including Allen Blue) and one former colleague from his time at Fujitsu.<a href="#cite_note-Crown_Business-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> LinkedIn launched on May 5, 2003 as one of the first business-oriented online social networks.<a href="#cite_note-LinkedIn:_About-21">[21]</a> <a href="/wiki/Peter_Thiel" title="Peter Thiel">Peter Thiel</a>, a colleague of Hoffman's at PayPal, invested in LinkedIn. At the time of LinkedIn's <a href="/wiki/IPO" class="mw-redirect" title="IPO">IPO</a> on May 19, 2011, Hoffman owned a stake worth an estimated $2.34 billion, not including any potential benefits from <a href="/wiki/Greylock_Partners" title="Greylock Partners">Greylock Partners</a>, where he was named a partner in 2009.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> proposed to acquire LinkedIn on June 13, 2016 for $26.2 billion in cash.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> Hoffman became a Microsoft board member on March 14, 2017.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Artificial_Intelligence_ventures">Artificial Intelligence ventures</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Reid_Hoffman&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Artificial Intelligence ventures">edit</a>]</div> Hoffman was a founding investor in the <a href="/wiki/Artificial_intelligence" title="Artificial intelligence">artificial intelligence</a> research company <a href="/wiki/OpenAI" title="OpenAI">OpenAI</a><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> and joined its board in 2018.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> In March 2022, it was announced that Hoffman was co-founding a new startup, <a href="/wiki/Inflection_AI" title="Inflection AI">Inflection AI</a>, with his long-time friend and Greylock colleague <a href="/wiki/Mustafa_Suleyman" title="Mustafa Suleyman">Mustafa Suleyman</a>, the co-founder of <a href="/wiki/DeepMind" class="mw-redirect" title="DeepMind">DeepMind</a>. <a href="/wiki/CNBC" title="CNBC">CNBC</a> reported that "Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Inflection will aim to develop AI software products that make it easier for humans to communicate with computers."<a href="#cite_note-Shead-1">[1]</a> In late 2022, Hoffman and others invested a total of $2.2 million in JusticeText. “[G]eared towards public defenders,” the platform “stores, catalogs, analyzes and then shares video evidence, hoping to increase transparency around criminal matters.”<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> On March 3, 2023, Hoffman resigned from his board seat at OpenAI, citing a desire to avoid conflicts of interest between his board seat at OpenAI, investments in AI technology companies via Greylock Partners, and role as founder of Inflection AI.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> As of May 2023, Hoffman and Greylock Partners have invested in at least 37 AI companies.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> For example, they were an early investor in Tome, makers of productivity software driven by AI. The company claims it is the fastest productivity software maker in reaching 1 million users.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> Hoffman has dismissed calls to “pause” the development of advanced AI systems, calling such ideas “foolish” and “anti-humanist.” Instead, he has called for the pace of development to be accelerated to help humans solve societal problems.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> For example, he’s pointed to “its potential to transform areas like health care — “giving everyone a medical assistant”; and education — “giving everyone a tutor….I’m a tech optimist, not a tech utopian.”<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> <a href="/wiki/Inc._(magazine)" title="Inc. (magazine)">Inc.</a> dubbed Hoffman the “evangelist in chief” for Inflection AI and AI in general, citing his meetings with the likes of President Biden and the Pope to discuss his vision and concerns around AI.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a><a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> In April of 2024, Hoffman “sat down” for an interview with an AI deepfake of himself. “In their conversation, the two Reids discussed AI regulation, its capabilities, and ways Hoffman can improve his LinkedIn profile.” According to Hoffman, the bot was “built on <a href="/wiki/OpenAI" title="OpenAI">OpenAI</a>'s GPT-4 and trained on over 20 years' worth of material provided by Hoffman's public speaking engagements and the books he's published.”<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Investing">Investing</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Reid_Hoffman&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Investing">edit</a>]</div> After the PayPal sale to <a href="/wiki/EBay" title="EBay">eBay</a>, Hoffman became one of Silicon Valley's most prolific <a href="/wiki/Angel_investor" title="Angel investor">angel investors</a>.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Goldberg" title="Dave Goldberg">Dave Goldberg</a>, former CEO of <a href="/wiki/SurveyMonkey" title="SurveyMonkey">SurveyMonkey</a>, said that Hoffman "is the person you want to talk to when you are starting a company."<a href="#cite_note-Bloomberg_Television-16">[16]</a> In 2009, Hoffman joined <a href="/wiki/Greylock_Partners" title="Greylock Partners">Greylock Partners</a>.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> According to David Kirkpatrick's book <a href="/wiki/The_Facebook_Effect" title="The Facebook Effect">The Facebook Effect</a>, Hoffman arranged the first meeting between <a href="/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg" title="Mark Zuckerberg">Mark Zuckerberg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peter_Thiel" title="Peter Thiel">Peter Thiel</a>, which led to Thiel's initial $500,000 angel investment in <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a>. Hoffman invested alongside Thiel in Facebook's first financing round.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a><a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> Since 2009, Hoffman has provided <a href="/wiki/Venture_capital" title="Venture capital">venture capital</a> to dozens of businesses across industries, including consumer and transportation technology, finance, and artificial intelligence. Examples include <a href="/wiki/Airbnb" title="Airbnb">Airbnb</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aurora_Innovation" title="Aurora Innovation">Aurora Innovation</a>, Taptap Send, and <a href="/wiki/Helion_Energy" title="Helion Energy">Helion Energy</a>.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a><a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> He served on <a href="/wiki/Zynga" title="Zynga">Zynga</a>'s board of directors from March 2008 to June 2014<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> and currently serves on several public boards, including Aurora, <a href="/wiki/Joby_Aviation" title="Joby Aviation">Joby Aviation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Berggruen_Institute" title="Berggruen Institute">Berggruen Institute</a>.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a><a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> Hoffman has made multiple investments in transportation technology companies, including Aurora, Convoy, Nauto, Nuro, and Joby Aviation, among others.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a><a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> An early advocate for <a href="/wiki/Cryptocurrency" title="Cryptocurrency">cryptocurrency</a>,<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> Hoffman led Greylock's 2014 Series A financing round in Xapo, a company that developed a <a href="/wiki/Bitcoin_wallet" class="mw-redirect" title="Bitcoin wallet">bitcoin wallet</a> product.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> In August 2023, Hoffman said he will not serve as a general partner for Greylock's upcoming funds.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> Hoffman has invested in <a href="/wiki/California_Forever" title="California Forever">California Forever</a>, a company developing a planned city in <a href="/wiki/Solano_County,_California" title="Solano County, California">Solano County, California</a>.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Teaching">Teaching</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Reid_Hoffman&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Teaching">edit</a>]</div> Hoffman teaches the free <a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a> class, "Blitzscaling".<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a><a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Reid_Hoffman&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Publications">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Start-Up_of_You">The Start-Up of You</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Reid_Hoffman&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: The Start-Up of You">edit</a>]</div> Hoffman is co-author, with <a href="/wiki/Ben_Casnocha" title="Ben Casnocha">Ben Casnocha</a>, of the career book The Start-Up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform your Career.<a href="#cite_note-Crown_Business-7">[7]</a> The book was released in the United States on February 14, 2012. It argues that individuals should think of themselves as businesses-of-one – the "CEO of their own career" – and draws many parallels between lessons learned from the stories of successful Silicon Valley technology companies and an individual's career.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> <a href="/wiki/Publishers_Weekly" title="Publishers Weekly">Publishers Weekly</a> reviewed the book positively, saying, "with plenty of valuable guidance relevant to any career stage, this book will help readers not only survive professionally in times of uncertainty but stand out from the pack and flourish."<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> The Economist said that "Hoffman and Casnocha make a number of astute observations about shifts in the world of work."<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> The book became both a <a href="/wiki/New_York_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Times">New York Times</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wall_Street_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Wall Street Journal">Wall Street Journal</a> bestseller.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a><a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Alliance">The Alliance</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Reid_Hoffman&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: The Alliance">edit</a>]</div> Hoffman is co-author, with <a href="/wiki/Ben_Casnocha" title="Ben Casnocha">Ben Casnocha</a> and Chris Yeh, of the management book The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age.<a href="#cite_note-The_Alliance-61">[61]</a> The book was released in the United States on July 8, 2014. It argues that previous career models of lifetime employment and free agency no longer work in a business world defined by continuous change. Instead, it proposes that employers and employees should think of each other as "allies" and move from a transactional approach to employment to a "relational" one.<a href="#cite_note-TheAllianceFramework.com-62">[62]</a> The book became a New York Times bestseller.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> <a href="/wiki/Arianna_Huffington" title="Arianna Huffington">Arianna Huffington</a> named The Alliance "the must-read book of the summer" in 2014.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> A <a href="/wiki/Financial_Times" title="Financial Times">Financial Times</a> review was mixed, noting that those who aren't well-versed on the changing nature of the workplace may find the book useful, but readers looking for more surprising or in-depth insights will be disappointed.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blitzscaling">Blitzscaling</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Reid_Hoffman&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Blitzscaling">edit</a>]</div> Hoffman is co-author, with Chris Yeh, of the book Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> The book was released in the United States on October 9, 2018. It argues that the secret to starting and scaling massively valuable companies is "blitzscaling", a set of techniques for "scaling up at a dizzying pace that blows competitors out of the water."<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Impromptu:_Amplifying_Our_Humanity_Through_AI">Impromptu: Amplifying Our Humanity Through AI</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Reid_Hoffman&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Impromptu: Amplifying Our Humanity Through AI">edit</a>]</div> On March 13, 2023, Hoffman released the book "Impromptu: Amplifying Our Humanity Through AI." Hoffman claims to have written the book using the <a href="/wiki/Large_language_model" title="Large language model">large language model</a> <a href="/wiki/GPT-4" title="GPT-4">GPT-4</a>.<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> It became a Wall Street Journal bestseller in April of that year.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Podcasts">Podcasts</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Reid_Hoffman&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Podcasts">edit</a>]</div> On April 25, 2017, Reid Hoffman announced the launch of a business and finance podcast called <a href="/wiki/Masters_of_Scale" title="Masters of Scale">Masters of Scale</a>, with the first episode of the podcast launching on May 3, 2017. The podcast is produced by WaitWhat, a media company led by former <a href="/wiki/TED_(conference)" title="TED (conference)">TED</a> executives <a href="/wiki/June_Cohen" title="June Cohen">June Cohen</a> and Deron Triff and hosted by Hoffman who interviews notable entrepreneurs and business and political leaders.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> The Masters of Scale podcast has featured interviews with well-known founders and leaders including <a href="/wiki/Airbnb" title="Airbnb">Airbnb</a> co-founder and CEO <a href="/wiki/Brian_Chesky" title="Brian Chesky">Brian Chesky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> co-founder <a href="/wiki/Reed_Hastings" title="Reed Hastings">Reed Hastings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uber" title="Uber">Uber</a> CEO <a href="/wiki/Dara_Khosrowshahi" title="Dara Khosrowshahi">Dara Khosrowshahi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Huffington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Huffington Post">Huffington Post</a> & <a href="/wiki/Thrive_Global" title="Thrive Global">Thrive Global</a> founder <a href="/wiki/Arianna_Huffington" title="Arianna Huffington">Arianna Huffington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Imagine_Entertainment" title="Imagine Entertainment">Imagine Entertainment</a> founders, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Grazer" title="Brian Grazer">Brian Grazer</a> & <a href="/wiki/Ron_Howard" title="Ron Howard">Ron Howard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ariel_Investments" title="Ariel Investments">Ariel Investments</a> co-CEO <a href="/wiki/Mellody_Hobson" title="Mellody Hobson">Mellody Hobson</a>, and President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>. Since its launch, Masters of Scale has won several <a href="/wiki/Webby_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Webby Award">Webby</a> and Signal awards.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a><a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> In March 2023, Hoffman and his Chief of Staff <a href="/wiki/Aria_Finger" title="Aria Finger">Aria Finger</a> began hosting a podcast called "Possible". According to its creators, the podcast "sketches out the brightest version of the future—and what it will take to get there". The podcast has won two Webby awards. In 2024, the episode featuring Trevor Noah won best Individual Episode and the episode featuring Bryan Stevenson won best Crime and Justice episode.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors_and_awards">Honors and awards</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Reid_Hoffman&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Honors and awards">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>In September 2023, Reid received <a href="/wiki/Sigillum_Magnum" title="Sigillum Magnum">Sigillum Magnum</a> from <a href="/wiki/University_of_Bologna" title="University of Bologna">University of Bologna</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Bologna_Business_School" title="Bologna Business School">Bologna Business School</a>'s commencement.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a></li> <li>In 2022, Reid delivered the commencement address at <a href="/wiki/Vanderbilt_University" title="Vanderbilt University">Vanderbilt University</a> and received Vanderbilt's Nichols-Chancellor's Medal.<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a></li> <li>In 2017 he was appointed an Honorary <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">Commander of the Order of the British Empire</a> (CBE), "For services to promoting UK business and social networking and the Marshall Scholarship scheme".<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a></li> <li>In September 2014, the <a href="/wiki/American_Academy_of_Achievement" class="mw-redirect" title="American Academy of Achievement">American Academy of Achievement</a> awarded Hoffman with the annual Golden Plate award, which honors accomplished individuals "for significant achievement in their fields."<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a></li> <li>In April 2014, <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> named Hoffman as a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship "to help develop the next generation of entrepreneurs."<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a></li> <li>In April 2014, Hoffman received the Distinguished Citizen Award from the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Club_of_California" title="Commonwealth Club of California">Commonwealth Club of California</a>.<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a></li> <li>In May 2012, Hoffman was ranked third on the <a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a> <a href="/wiki/Midas_List" title="Midas List">Midas List</a> of the top tech investors.<a href="#cite_note-forbes-84">[84]</a> Forbes described Hoffman as "Silicon Valley's uber-investor" and said Hoffman "has had a hand in creating nearly every lucrative social media startup."<a href="#cite_note-forbes-84">[84]</a></li> <li>In 2012, <a href="/wiki/King_Center_for_Nonviolent_Social_Change" title="King Center for Nonviolent Social Change">The Martin Luther King Jr. Center</a> honored Hoffman with their "Salute to Greatness" award which "recognizes individuals and corporations or organizations that exemplify excellence in leadership and a commitment to social responsibility in the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr."<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a></li> <li>In 2012, Hoffman, along with <a href="/wiki/Sal_Khan" title="Sal Khan">Salman Khan</a> of <a href="/wiki/Khan_Academy" title="Khan Academy">Khan Academy</a>, was honored by the <a href="/wiki/World_Affairs_Councils_of_America" title="World Affairs Councils of America">World Affairs Council</a> and <a href="/wiki/Global_Philanthropy_Forum" title="Global Philanthropy Forum">Global Philanthropy Forum</a> in 2012. The council recognizes and honors remarkable leaders who have effected and will continue to effect social change through their private enterprise and social action. The awards in 2012 were dedicated to celebrating Technology for Social Impact.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a></li> <li>Hoffman was awarded the 2012 David Packard Medal of Achievement Award by <a href="/wiki/TechAmerica" title="TechAmerica">TechAmerica</a> for his contributions and advances within the high-tech industry, his community, and humankind.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a></li> <li>Hoffman received an Honorary Doctor of Laws from <a href="/wiki/Babson_College" title="Babson College">Babson College</a> in 2012.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a></li> <li>In 2011, Hoffman and <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Weiner" title="Jeff Weiner">Jeff Weiner</a> of LinkedIn shared the <a href="/wiki/Ernst_%26_Young" title="Ernst & Young">EY</a> U.S. Entrepreneur of the Year Award.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Reid_Hoffman&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Personal life">edit</a>]</div> In 2004, Hoffman married Michelle Yee.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> The couple resides in <a href="/wiki/Seattle,_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle, Washington">Seattle, Washington</a>. Hoffman is an avid player of board games, including <a href="/wiki/Settlers_of_Catan" class="mw-redirect" title="Settlers of Catan">Settlers of Catan</a>, and has said that such games are good training for business.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> In 2019, it was reported that Hoffman had hosted dinner attended by <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein" title="Jeffrey Epstein">Jeffrey Epstein</a> along with <a href="/wiki/Elon_Musk" title="Elon Musk">Elon Musk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg" title="Mark Zuckerberg">Mark Zuckerberg</a>.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a><a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> In September 2023, the <a href="/wiki/Wall_Street_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Wall Street Journal">Wall Street Journal</a> reported that Hoffman visited Epstein's private island for a weekend in 2014. Hoffman claimed that the purpose of the meeting was to raise funds for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and that he regretted interacting with Epstein.<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> In July 2024, the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Post">Washington Post</a> reported that Hoffman had made a multimillion-dollar investment in the election technology company <a href="/wiki/Smartmatic" title="Smartmatic">Smartmatic</a> which is currently undertaking defamation action against several press outlets.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Philanthropy">Philanthropy</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Reid_Hoffman&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Philanthropy">edit</a>]</div> Hoffman currently serves on the boards of <a href="/wiki/Kiva_(organization)" title="Kiva (organization)">Kiva.org</a> (<a href="/wiki/Peer-to-peer_lending" title="Peer-to-peer lending">peer-to-peer</a> <a href="/wiki/Microlending" class="mw-redirect" title="Microlending">microlending</a> pioneer that allows people to lend money via the internet to low-income/underserved entrepreneurs and students),<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> <a href="/wiki/Endeavor_(non-profit)" title="Endeavor (non-profit)">Endeavor Global</a> (an organization that finds and supports high-impact entrepreneurs in emerging markets),<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_America_(organization)" title="New America (organization)">New America</a> (a think tank that focuses on a range of <a href="/wiki/Public_policy" title="Public policy">public policy</a> issues, including national security, technology, health, gender, education, and the economy).<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> He's also the founding donor and board member at Opportunity@Work, an organization that seeks to eliminate the opportunity gap and provide millions of highly skilled but under-credentialed Americans (often from marginalized, rural and racially diverse backgrounds) better pathways to higher-paying jobs and careers.<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> Hoffman also serves on the advisory council of the <a href="/wiki/MIT_Media_Lab" title="MIT Media Lab">MIT Media Lab</a> and is a supporter and chair of the advisory board for <a href="/wiki/QuestBridge" title="QuestBridge">QuestBridge</a> (a provider of talented low-income students to top colleges/universities).<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> Hoffman was also the first major funder of <a href="/wiki/Crisis_Text_Line" title="Crisis Text Line">Crisis Text Line</a>, a free, 24/7 crisis service via SMS in the US.In 2013, Hoffman provided a $250,000 matching grant (equivalent to $322,500 in 2023) to <a href="/wiki/Code_for_America" title="Code for America">Code for America</a>.In July 2016, Hoffman funded the $250,000 cash-prize (equivalent to $311,200 in 2023) <a href="/wiki/MIT_Media_Lab" title="MIT Media Lab">MIT Media Lab</a> <a href="/wiki/MIT_Disobedience_Award" title="MIT Disobedience Award">MIT Disobedience Award</a>,<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> an award created by Hoffman and <a href="/wiki/Joi_Ito" title="Joi Ito">Joi Ito</a> to honor and recognize acts of disobedience resulting in positive social impact.<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> In November 2016, Hoffman and his wife, Michelle Yee, donated $20 million (equivalent to $24,900,000 in 2023) to the <a href="/wiki/Chan_Zuckerberg_Initiative" title="Chan Zuckerberg Initiative">Chan Zuckerberg Initiative</a>, a charity dedicated to eradicating disease by 2100.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> Hoffman and Yee's donation was for the <a href="/wiki/Biohub" class="mw-redirect" title="Biohub">Biohub</a>, the Initiative's San Francisco laboratory. Hoffman also joined the board of the Biohub project.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> In May 2018, Hoffman and Yee joined <a href="/wiki/The_Giving_Pledge" title="The Giving Pledge">the Giving Pledge</a>, "a global effort to help address society's most pressing problems by encouraging the wealthiest individuals and families to give the majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes."<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> Hoffman is also a long-time supporter of <a href="/wiki/Second_Harvest_of_Silicon_Valley" title="Second Harvest of Silicon Valley">Second Harvest of Silicon Valley</a>. In 2021, in response to the massive increased need due to the pandemic, he offered to match any donations to the food bank, up to $2 million (equivalent to $2,219,000 in 2023).<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Artificial_Intelligence">Artificial Intelligence</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Reid_Hoffman&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Artificial Intelligence">edit</a>]</div> Hoffman is one of the backers of the Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Fund, a joint venture between the MIT Media Lab and the <a href="/wiki/Berkman_Klein_Center_for_Internet_%26_Society" title="Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society">Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society</a> at <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a>.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> He is on the board of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), whose mission is to "advance AI research, education, policy and practice to improve the human condition",<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a><a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> and launched the institute's Hoffman-Yee Research Grants to "fund interdisciplinary teams with research spanning HAI's key areas of focus: understanding the human and societal impact of AI, augmenting human capabilities, and developing AI technologies inspired by human intelligence".<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> In 2018, Hoffman made a gift to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Toronto" title="University of Toronto">University of Toronto</a>'s Faculty of Information, to endow a chair "to study how the new era of artificial intelligence (AI) will affect our lives."<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Reid_Hoffman&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Politics">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Defense_Innovation_Board_2022_(52439508956)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/US_Defense_Innovation_Board_2022_%2852439508956%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-US_Defense_Innovation_Board_2022_%2852439508956%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/US_Defense_Innovation_Board_2022_%2852439508956%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-US_Defense_Innovation_Board_2022_%2852439508956%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/US_Defense_Innovation_Board_2022_%2852439508956%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-US_Defense_Innovation_Board_2022_%2852439508956%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4557" data-file-height="3196" /></a><figcaption>Hoffman (back left) serves as a member of the US <a href="/wiki/Defense_Innovation_Board" title="Defense Innovation Board">Defense Innovation Board</a>.</figcaption></figure> Since at least 2011, Hoffman has been a member and regular attendee of the <a href="/wiki/Bilderberg_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Bilderberg Group">Bilderberg Group</a>, which gathers 120–150 North American and European "political leaders and experts from industry, finance, academia and the media"<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> for an annual invitation-only closed-door conference.<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a><a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a><a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> Hoffman is also listed as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Council_on_Foreign_Relations" title="Council on Foreign Relations">Council on Foreign Relations</a>, to which he was elected in 2015.<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> In April 2013, a pro-immigration lobbying group called <a href="/wiki/FWD.us" title="FWD.us">FWD.us</a> was launched, with Reid Hoffman listed as one of the founders. In 2014, Hoffman donated $150,000 (equivalent to $190,200 in 2023) to the <a href="/wiki/Mayday_PAC" title="Mayday PAC">Mayday PAC</a>.<a href="#cite_note-mayday-us-117">[117]</a> Also in 2014, Hoffman contributed $500,000 (equivalent to $633,900 in 2023) toward <a href="/wiki/David_Chiu_(politician)" title="David Chiu (politician)">David Chiu</a>'s State Assembly campaign by funding an independent expenditure committee devoted to negative campaigning against his opponent: San Franciscans to Hold Campos Accountable—Vote No for Campos for State Assembly 2014.In 2016, Hoffman contributed $220,000 (equivalent to $273,900 in 2023) in support of Democratic candidate for Vermont governor <a href="/wiki/Matt_Dunne" title="Matt Dunne">Matt Dunne</a>, according to a mass-media disclosure filed at the Vermont Secretary of State's Office.<a href="#cite_note-VP-118">[118]</a> In 2016, Hoffman created a card game modeled after <a href="/wiki/Cards_Against_Humanity" title="Cards Against Humanity">Cards Against Humanity</a> intended to poke fun at US presidential candidate <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>.<a href="#cite_note-usatoday-cards-trump-119">[119]</a> In December 2018, the New York Times broke a story alleging that Hoffman had "put $100,000 into an experiment that adopted Russia-inspired political <a href="/wiki/Disinformation" title="Disinformation">disinformation</a> tactics on <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a>" during the <a href="/wiki/2017_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Alabama" title="2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama">2017 special Senate race in Alabama</a>, which allegedly targeted <a href="/wiki/Roy_Moore" title="Roy Moore">Roy Moore</a> voters. Hoffman did not immediately respond.<a href="#cite_note-A-120">[120]</a> He apologized later that month, also stating he was unaware what the non-profit—Washington, D.C.–based American Engagement Technologies, or AET—had been doing.<a href="#cite_note-B-121">[121]</a> Hoffman helped fund <a href="/wiki/E._Jean_Carroll" title="E. Jean Carroll">E. Jean Carroll</a>’s lawsuit for defamation and battery against <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>.<a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a> On May 9, 2023 a jury found Trump liable and awarded Carroll $5 million in damages.<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a> In 2018, Hoffman helped fund Alloy, a company founded to legally exchange data with affiliated Democratic groups like super PACs. Hoffman supplied half of the 35 million dollars to start it.<a href="#cite_note-vox-alloy-startup-124">[124]</a> The company shut down in 2021.<a href="#cite_note-vox-alloy-shutdown-125">[125]</a> Hoffman has been an outspoken proponent of democratic institutions and voting rights and in 2021 published a piece on LinkedIn entitled Protecting Voting Rights: Good for America, Good for American Business. In this piece he discusses how "former American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault and Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier led corporate America to take an active role in this situation, by explicitly advocating for the rights of all American citizens to make their voices heard through the core democratic act of voting".<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> In 2020, Hoffman also penned a piece that argued for making <a href="/wiki/Voting_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Voting Day">Voting Day</a> a holiday.<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> Hoffman gave at least $500,000 to the Mainstream Democrats <a href="/wiki/Super-PAC" class="mw-redirect" title="Super-PAC">super PAC</a>, which was founded in February 2022 and has since spent more than $1 million supporting the campaigns of moderate Democrats <a href="/wiki/Henry_Cuellar" title="Henry Cuellar">Henry Cuellar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Schrader" title="Kurt Schrader">Kurt Schrader</a>.<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a><a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a><a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a><a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a><a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a> In October 2022, Hoffman joined the <a href="/wiki/Defense_Innovation_Board" title="Defense Innovation Board">Defense Innovation Board</a>, an independent advisory board for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">United States Department of Defense</a>.<a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> During the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election" title="2024 United States presidential election">2024 presidential election</a>, Hoffman initially endorsed President <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden_2024_presidential_campaign" title="Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign">reelection campaign</a>. 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