Jeff Weiner is Executive Chairman at LinkedIn and Founding Partner of Next Play Ventures, a professional networking platform transforming how businesses hire, market, and connect globally. He served as CEO of LinkedIn from 2009 to 2020, growing the company into the world's largest professional network.

Jeff graduated from Wharton School with a BS in Economics in 1992, then spent over six years at Warner Bros developing the initial business plan for Warner Bros Online. He served as Executive Vice President at Yahoo's Network Division for seven years, managing over 3,000 employees and products reaching 500 million consumers.

Jeff is co-founder of The Compassion Project, ensuring compassion is taught in every primary school in the US. He was recognized as among the top 10 CEOs at US Tech Companies by Glassdoor in 2014 and won EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2011 with Reid Hoffman.

Under Jeff's 11-year tenure as CEO, LinkedIn grew from 33 million to 690 million members, revenue surged from $78 million to over $7.9 billion, and the team expanded from 338 to over 16,000 employees. He led LinkedIn's successful 2011 IPO and instrumental $26 billion acquisition by Microsoft in 2016.

Jeff transformed LinkedIn into a global ecosystem of over 850 million members across 200 countries, creating economic opportunity for professionals worldwide. He donated his $14 million stock bonus to LinkedIn employees in 2016 and pioneered compassionate management practices that revolutionized workplace culture in tech.