Reid Hoffman is CEO of LinkedIn, an online service for professional networking. Immediately prior to founding LinkedIn, he was EVP at PayPal (Nasdaq: PYPL), where he was in charge of all external relationships and payments infrastructure. Hoffman also serves on the board of directors for Grassroots Enterprise, Jumpstart Technologies, SixApart, Socialtext, Talk To The Future, TreasureGames, and Vendio, and serves on the board of advisors for EZCab and WeAttract. He is an angel investor in Ironport, Friendster, and Nanosolar. Earlier in his career, Hoffman worked at Apple Computer, Fujitsu Software Corporation, and Socialnet.com. He graduated from Stanford University with distinction with a BS in Cognitive Science and from Oxford University with a master's degree in philosophy. Hoffman won the Dinkelspiel Award and a Marshall Scholarship while at Stanford University.