# Reid Hoffman (slim)

> Reid Hoffman is co-founder of LinkedIn. LinkedIn Marketing APIs on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder, LinkedIn.

Reid Hoffman founded LinkedIn in December 2002 with a team drawn from PayPal and Socialnet.com, and launched it with Eric Ly in May 2003.

## What Reid builds

- [LinkedIn Marketing APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linkedin-marketing-api.md), graded B, 62.4/100, in Advertising & campaign operations. LinkedIn's advertising APIs for campaign management, performance reporting, matched audiences, conversions and lead sync. Agents call versioned REST endpoints at api.linkedin.com/rest with a member's OAuth token, after LinkedIn approves the developer application. Co-founder, LinkedIn, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Eric Ly](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eric-ly/), Co-founder, LinkedIn

## Questions

### Who is Reid Hoffman?

Reid Hoffman founded LinkedIn in December 2002 with a team drawn from PayPal and Socialnet.com, and launched it with Eric Ly in May 2003.

### What does LinkedIn Corporation make?

Anchor Terminal lists LinkedIn Marketing APIs from LinkedIn Corporation.

### How are Reid's tools graded?

LinkedIn Marketing APIs is graded B, 62.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.linkedin.com/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkedIn

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