Wednesday, June 24, 2009

LinkedIn Installs Weiner As CEO

Mountain View-based LinkedIn reported Wednesday that it has named Jeff Weiner as CEO of the firm, replacing current CEO Reid Hoffman. Hoffman remains as executive Chairman of the firm. Weiner has been interim President of LinkedIn since January; he was an EIR at Accel Partners and Greylock Partners previous to that, and has also served as VP of Yahoo's Network Division.