LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman to step down from Microsoft's board
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- Linked In co-founder Reid Hoffman to step down from Microsoft's board FILE PHOTO: Reid Hoffman, partner at Greylock;
- Hoffman, who has served on the board since 2017, will stay on till the meeting.
- In 2016, he sold LinkedIn to Microsoft for $26.2 billion in what was at the time the tech giant s largest-ever deal.
Linked In co-founder Reid Hoffman to step down from Microsoft's board FILE PHOTO: Reid Hoffman, partner at Greylock; co-founder of Linked In in New York · Reuters Reuters Fri, June 5, 2026 at 10:45 PM GMT+7 1 min read MSFT ABNB June 5 (Reuters) - Reid Hoffman, billionaire co-founder of networking website Linked In, has decided not to stand for re-election to Microsoft s board of directors at its 2026 annual shareholder meeting, the software giant said in a filing on Friday.
Hoffman, who has served on the board since 2017, will stay on till the meeting. His decision was not a result of any disagreement with executives on any matter relating to policy or operations, Microsoft said.
In 2016, he sold LinkedIn to Microsoft for $26.2 billion in what was at the time the tech giant s largest-ever deal. The social networking platform has grown to over 1.3 billion members since.