Jeff Weiner

Background

About Jeff Weiner

For much of the last three decades, Jeff's focus has been on building purpose-driven companies that create lasting value, helping leaders realize their potential, and aspiring to manage compassionately. He is the founding partner of Next Play Ventures, an early and growth stage venture fund focused on coaching and investing in entrepreneurial leaders building world-class, purpose-driven organizations. Previously, Jeff spent over 17 years at LinkedIn, including over 11 years as CEO and six as Executive Chairman. During his tenure as CEO, LinkedIn grew from 338 employees and $78M in revenue to over employees and $7.9B in revenue, and expanded its membership from 33M to more than 690M. Throughout, he prioritized LinkedIn's vision of creating economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Jeff is also a founding LP and Investment Committee member at Westbound Equity Partners, an early stage fund backing diverse founders and companies serving underserved communities. Additionally, he is co-founder of The Compassion Project, a nonprofit working to ensure compassion is taught in every elementary school in the United States. Earlier in his career, Jeff was an Executive in Residence at Accel Partners and Greylock Partners, advising consumer technology portfolio companies and evaluating new investments. Before that, he spent seven years at Yahoo, ultimately serving as EVP of the Network Division, where he led the company's consumer web portfolio including the Front Page, Mail, Search, and Media products. Jeff currently serves on the advisory board of the Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula and has previously served on the boards of Intuit, DonorsChoose.org, Everfi, and Malaria No More.