41 - Reid Hoffman, investor & entrepreneur: How a Master of Scale Climbed to the Top
Fortt Knox26 Elo 2017

41 - Reid Hoffman, investor & entrepreneur: How a Master of Scale Climbed to the Top

There is no one in Silicon Valley who's more connected than Reid Hoffman. That might be because he plays all of the connector roles, sometimes at once. He's a venture capitalist, at Greylock. He's an entrepreneur who co-founded LinkedIn, and sold it for 26 billion dollars last year. Reid's net worth is estimated to be north of 3 billion dollars. Now he has a seat on the board of directors at Microsoft. After teaching a class at Stanford, Reid started a podcast, Masters of Scale, that's about the art and craft of building monster businesses. Reid is deeply qualified on that subject. He was a founding board member at PayPal, and early on became its chief operating officer. That also makes him part of an eclectic group of characters known as the "PayPal Mafia" former PayPal employees who went on to dizzying success. Members include Elon Musk, YouTube founders Steve Chen and Chad Hurley, investor Peter Theil, and entrepreneur Max Levchin, to name a few. I spent some time with Reid Hoffman last week when I flew out to San Francisco to moderate a debate. It wasn't politics: Reid was debating his friend Tim O'Reilly on the merits of spending gobs of investor money to build startups into dominant forces. You can watch the debate on Twitter. Look up my @jonfortt. Or head over to YouTube and watch at the Fortt Knox channel. After the debate, Reid sat down with me on the 17th floor of LinkedIn headquarters to talk about how he scaled from a pre-teen who was ambivalent about school into one of tech's most prolific builders.


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11 - John Legere, T-Mobile USA CEO: CEOs Can't Say That

11 - John Legere, T-Mobile USA CEO: CEOs Can't Say That

How's this for authenticity: T-Mobile USA CEO John Legere has no qualms about dropping an f-bomb right in the middle of a press conference. He was taunting his rivals on Twitter long before that becam...

23 Tammi 201713min

10 - Drew Powell, actor, Gotham: Chasing Down Your Dream

10 - Drew Powell, actor, Gotham: Chasing Down Your Dream

There's something hulking and sinister about him on screen that makes the bad-guy thing just work. As Butch Gilzean (and Solomon Grundy) in Fox's hit series Gotham, Drew Powell represents the old-time...

16 Tammi 201739min

9 - Brian Krzanich, Intel CEO: The Boss's Favorite Mistake

9 - Brian Krzanich, Intel CEO: The Boss's Favorite Mistake

Twenty-five years ago, the man who is now CEO of the world's largest maker of computer chips was an engineer at the company. And he made an error that almost got him fired. "I wiped out the output of ...

9 Tammi 201734min

8 - Rory O'Malley, actor, Hamilton and The Book of Mormon: The Show Must Go On

8 - Rory O'Malley, actor, Hamilton and The Book of Mormon: The Show Must Go On

A new year's a time for goals and dreams. A time to make things happen. A time to roll with life's setbacks and turn things around. Broadway veteran Rory O'Malley (The Book of Mormon) did that in spad...

2 Tammi 201759min

7 - Diana Aviv, Feeding America CEO: A Holiday Lesson on Leading with Heart & Head

7 - Diana Aviv, Feeding America CEO: A Holiday Lesson on Leading with Heart & Head

A car accident convinced a teenaged Diana Aviv that she had to leave home and fight for the poor and forgotten. One she caused. "As I pulled out, I hit him, and he went into the air and did somersault...

23 Joulu 201652min

6 - Sanjay Poonen of VMware & Jay Simons of Atlassian: Two Unique Paths to Power

6 - Sanjay Poonen of VMware & Jay Simons of Atlassian: Two Unique Paths to Power

Sanjay Poonen grew up lower-middle class in India and pushed past rejection to become one of the most respected executives in Silicon Valley; he's now chief operating officer at VMware. Jay Simons' de...

19 Joulu 201658min

5 - Sebastian Bach, actor and musician: Lessons Beyond Skid Row

5 - Sebastian Bach, actor and musician: Lessons Beyond Skid Row

Sebastian Bach is a big dude. You know how celebrities are always supposed to be smaller than you think? Jon Bon Jovi's about my height, and I'm 5'8". I met him in a restaurant in San Jose, Ca. a deca...

12 Joulu 201634min

4 - Bradley Whitford, actor & agitator: Life Imitates Art

4 - Bradley Whitford, actor & agitator: Life Imitates Art

Actor Bradley Whitford talks his latest project with National Geographic, healing the political divide, and what you see him in next. In Fortt Knox's Podcast Edition, CNBC's Jon Fortt talks with leade...

5 Joulu 201621min

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