LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman joins Microsoft’s board

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman announced these days that he’s joined the board of directors at Microsoft.

This follows Microsoft’s $ 26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn ultimate 12 months. When the deal closed, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner stated the corporate’s everyday operations would “primarily stay unchanged,” however he also noted numerous areas (like integrating LinkedIn into Microsoft Outlook and place of work products) where the 2 businesses would work together.

In a LinkedIn publish, Hoffman said his main job remains to be as a partner at Greylock, but he’s “maintained an office subsequent to Jeff Weiner’s at LinkedIn for the closing nine years” — so he’s remained very involved. (formally, he was chairman of the LinkedIn board.)

As a Microsoft board member, Hoffman said his focus will remain on LinkedIn itself, whereas also working to help Microsoft build more connections in Silicon Valley.

“And following the mix with Microsoft, LinkedIn now has new resources and expertise assets to installation as it moves ahead,” he wrote. “imagine a Cortana-like intelligent assistant helping you determine which 1/3-level connections take advantage of sense so that you can pursue. Or LinkedIn studying courseware that incorporates Microsoft’s HoloLens blended fact technology for more immersive studying experiences.”

Microsoft additionally named LinkedIn’s Kevin Scott as its chief know-how officer prior this 12 months.

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