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In the early 1990s Reid Hoffman had a vision for the future of the Internet: people would connect through social networks using their real names and their online lives would be completely merged with their real ones. After several early attempts he co-founded LinkedIn – a social network focused on jobs and careers. In 2016 the company sold to Microsoft for $26 billion dollars helping make Hoffman one of the wealthiest and most influential figures in Silicon Valley. PLUS for our postscript '

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