Post by Jeff Weiner

Earlier today, Ryan Roslansky announced he’ll be stepping down from the role of LinkedIn’s CEO and handing the reins to long time LinkedIn executive Daniel Shapero as Ryan focuses exclusively on his role as EVP at Microsoft. I’ve now had the privilege of working with Ryan for the last 25 years. He was the second person brought on to our newly created operating team at Yahoo (kudos Andrew Braccia), and the first hire I made after becoming CEO at LinkedIn. In addition to being one of the best product people and systems thinkers I’ve worked with, his combination of talent, humility and integrity have always set him apart. At LinkedIn, he quickly grew from product manager, to product leader, to executive team member before ultimately becoming the CEO himself. From Covid through the AI era, he successfully led LinkedIn through one of the most tumultuous periods in recent corporate times. Despite those formidable challenges, he made the role completely his own, continued to build out a world-class team, and helped take the company to new heights across every meaningful measure. More importantly, he has set up LinkedIn for even greater success in the future and leaves it in Dan’s very capable hands. Ryan, congrats on your extraordinary tenure at LinkedIn, and thank you for always being such an incredible colleague and friend. Looking forward to much more of the same in the future.