Ryan Roslansky

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LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky at Talent Connect 2023

Ryan Roslansky (born December 4, 1977, in South Lake Tahoe, 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] In 2021, he was named to Forbes CEO Next list. [3]

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LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky at Talent Connect 2022

Career

Roslansky left college in his sophomore year to focus full time on a 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. [4]

LinkedIn

Ryan joined the company in May 2009 and held leadership roles in every part of LinkedIn’s business. He led the evolution of LinkedIn’s products into a global ecosystem of more than 756 million members, 57 million companies, 120 thousand schools, and 38 thousand skills. He launched several new initiatives for the company including the Influencer program [5] (which includes Richard Branson, Arianna Huffington, and Bill Gates, among others,) and founded the editorial team which today boasts 75+ writers and editors. [6] In 2015, Roslansky was a key part of the $1.5 billion (~$1.89 billion in 2023) acquisition of Lynda.com, the largest acquisition in LinkedIn's history at that time.

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Microsoft and Linkedin pledged to upskill 25 million workers [7] and in 2021, has surpassed that number.

In 2021, Roslansky partnered with John Kerry on an effort to address Climate Change through a focus on job creation. [8]

The Great Reshuffle

In 2021, Roslansky coined the term Great Reshuffle to describe talent shifts occurring through data on the LinkedIn platform. [9]

The Path

In 2023, Roslansky launched The Path video series on LinkedIn where he interviews business leaders about their career paths. [10]

Other interests

Roslansky is on the board of directors of Intuit, [11] and the board of trustees of the Paley Center for Media. [12]

Personal life

Roslansky is married to a high-school teacher. They have three daughters. [2] [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 Chaykowski, Kathleen. "LinkedIn's New Head of Consumer Product, Ryan Roslansky, Wants To Transform How Workers Learn". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  3. ↑ Bertoni, Steven. "Forbes CEO Next 50: The Up-And-Coming Leaders Set To Revolutionize American Business". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  4. ↑ "LinkedIn's Jeff Weiner will hand CEO role to Ryan Roslansky and become executive chairman". GeekWire. 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  5. ↑ "The Surprising Brilliance Of The LinkedIn Influencers Program". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  6. ↑ "LinkedIn Rebrands Editorial Team to LinkedIn News as it Continues to Expand News Coverage and Content". Social Media Today. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  7. ↑ "Microsoft pledges to upskill 25 million workers for the 'COVID-19 economy'". VentureBeat. 2020-06-30. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  8. ↑ "Solving climate change means creating jobs". BostonGlobe. 2021-11-08. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  9. ↑ "Gen Z and Millennials Are Leading a 'Great Reshuffle.' Here's What That Means". Time. 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  10. ↑ "LinkedIn's CEO is talking to execs and leaders who walked 'The Path' to success". TubeFilter. 2023-01-27.
  11. ↑ "Intuit Appoints Ryan Roslansky, CEO of LinkedIn, and Eric S. Yuan, CEO and Founder of Zoom, to its Board of Directors". Intuit. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  12. ↑ "THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA ANNOUNCES NEW MEMBERS TO ITS ESTEEMED BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND LOS ANGELES BOARD OF GOVERNORS". PRNewsWire (Press release). Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  13. ↑ Edgecliffe-Johnson, Andrew (2023-07-15). "LinkedIn's Ryan Roslansky: 'You can only learn how to be a CEO by being a CEO'". Financial Times.
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