Reid Hoffman

• Partner, Greylock Partners
• Age: 46
• Source of Wealth: LinkedIn, self-made
• Residence: Palo Alto, CA
• Country of Citizenship: United States
• Education: Master of Science, Oxford University; Bachelor of Arts / Science, Stanford University
• Marital Status: Married
• Times on Midas: 3

Profile

The most connected man in Silicon Valley, Hoffman has been behind many of the world's most important tech companies, including Facebook and PayPal. As a partner at Greylock Ventures, Hoffman led funding rounds for numerous businesses, including room-renting startup Airbnb. He is also the cofounder and chairman of one of the valley's best performing public companies, Linkedin. Hoffman, who has a net worth of $4.4 billion, now splits his time between LinkedIn, which celebrated its tenth birthday this year, and Greylock, which just raised a new $1 billion fund.