Reid Hoffman Is Leaving Microsoft’s Board To Go ‘founder Mode’ With Startup Manus

By Julie Bort
Publication Date: 2026-06-05 22:35:00

Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn Corp., speaks during the Bloomberg Technology Summit in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, June 22, 2023. The summit will focus on the rapidly changing social media landscape, the prospects for a continued regulatory crackdown on tech, and the future of cryptocurrencies. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images | Image Credits:David Paul Morris/Bloomberg / Getty Images

After a very profitable decade on Microsoft’s board, Reid Hoffman is stepping down, the company announced Thursday. Hoffman joined the board after Microsoft bought his company LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in 2016.

Hoffman was on Microsoft’s board when it invested its first $1 billion into OpenAI in 2019. Hoffman was one of OpenAI’s original investors and served on the model maker’s board until he stepped down in 2023, citing too many potential conflicts of interest to continue. He was also on Microsoft’s board when the tech giant…

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