Ryan Roslansky

Ryan Roslansky (born December 4, 1977 in Tahoe City, California) is an American entrepreneur. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of LinkedIn, a business-related social networking website, since June 2020 stepping up from his previous position as Senior Vice President. [1] He started with LinkedIn in 2009 and was instrumental in the $1.5 billion acquisition of Lynda.com in 2015, the largest acquisition in LinkedIn's history at that time. [2]

Career

Roslansky left college his sophomore year to focus full time on the company he and two roommates created. He became CEO of the company, Housing Media, and in 1999 it was acquired by USHousing.com.[2] He went to Yahoo, where he met and worked under Jeff Weiner for five years. [1] After a short stint at Glam Media, Roslansky went to LinkedIn in 2009 as one of Weiner's first hires. Weiner named Roslansky his replacement as LinkedIn CEO on February 5, 2020. [3]

Other interests

Roslansky is an investor and advisor to companies including Wealthfront, NerdWallet, UserTesting, Deal.com, Cricket Health, Darwin Homes, Fortella, ScoreBeyond, and more.[4] He is also on the board of directors of GoDaddy.[5]

References
  1. Meisenzahl, Mary. "Meet Ryan Roslansky, LinkedIn's next CEO who was Jeff Weiner's first hire back in 2009". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  2. Chaykowski, Kathleen. "LinkedIn's New Head of Consumer Product, Ryan Roslansky, Wants To Transform How Workers Learn". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  3. "LinkedIn's Jeff Weiner will hand CEO role to Ryan Roslansky and become executive chairman". GeekWire. 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  4. "Security Verification | LinkedIn". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  5. "Ryan Rolansky". GoDaddy. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
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