Ryan Roslansky
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. 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. In 2021, he was named to Forbes CEO Next list. 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. He went to Yahoo!, where he met and worked under Jeff Weiner for five years. 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. LinkedIn In June 2020, Roslansky was named CEO of LinkedIn, replacing predecessor Jeff Weiner. 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