Microsoft’s LinkedIn names longtime exec Dan Shapero its new CEO

Microsoft has tapped Dan Shapero to be the new CEO of its LinkedIn division, succeeding Ryan Roslansky, who has run the subsidiary since 2020 and last year took on additional responsibility in Microsoft’s Office productivity group. The change is effective immediately.

“Dan has led sales, marketing, and product across the most important parts of this business,” Roslansky wrote in a LinkedIn post on Wednesday announcing the move. “He knows our members, our customers, and carries the mission in a way that’s genuinely rare.”

Roslansky will retain his position as executive vice president at Microsoft. He came to LinkedIn from Glam Media in 2009 to be product chief, and six years ago he took over the group from Jeff Weiner. Under Roslansky, membership has grown to 1.3 billion from about 700 million.

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