Jeff is Founding Partner of Next Play Ventures and the Executive Chairman of LinkedIn. As Executive Chairman, Jeff helps LinkedIn realize its vision of creating economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. He also mentors and coaches the leadership team, and advises on key strategic initiatives. As Founding Partner of Next Play Ventures, Jeff is focused on investing and coaching founders building world-class, purpose-driven organizations. Prior to becoming Executive Chairman in June 2020, Jeff was the CEO of LinkedIn. During his 11-year tenure, LinkedIn grew its membership base from 33M to more than 690M, increased its revenue from $78M to over $7.9B and expanded the team from 338 employees to over 16,000.
He also co-founded The Compassion Project, a non-profit initiative whose mission is to ensure compassion is taught in every elementary school in the US. Jeff is also a founding LP and serves on the investment committee of Westbound Equity Partners, an early-stage investment fund investing in diverse founders, start-ups serving underserved communities and/or building diverse teams.
Jeff serves as an advisor to the Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula. He was previously a board member of Intuit, DonorsChoose, and The Paley Center for Media. He holds a BS in economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.