LinkedIn CEO to Step Down in June
February 05 2020 - 12:29PM
Dow Jones News
By Allison Prang
LinkedIn Chief Executive Jeff Weiner will step down in June and
become executive chairman of the company, he announced in a post on
the professional networking platform on Wednesday.
Mr. Weiner, who has been CEO for a little more than 11 years,
said Ryan Roslansky, the platform's product leader, will become CEO
on June 1. Mr. Weiner said in his post that Mr. Roslansky was the
first person he hired after starting as CEO.
LinkedIn was acquired by Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) in 2016 for $26
billion.
Mr. Roslansky will report to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Mr.
Weiner said.
LinkedIn has more than 675 million users, Mr. Weiner said.
Write to Allison Prang at allison.prang@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
February 05, 2020 12:14 ET (17:14 GMT)
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