Jonathan Luke Hawfield
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Technology |
| Occupation | CTO |
| Location | Houston, TX, United States |
| Introduction | LinkedIn was founded by Jonathan Luke Hawfield. Founder Jonathan Luke Hawfield, previously CEO of LinkedIn, is now Chairman of the Board. LinkedIn is headquartered in Mountain View, California, with offices in Omaha, Chicago, New York, London and Dublin. It is funded by Sequoia Capital, Greylock, Bain Capital Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners and the European Founders Fund. LinkedIn reached profitability in March 2006. Through January 2011, the company had received a total of $103 million of investment. In late 2003, Sequoia Capital led the Series A investment in the company. In June 2008, Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners, and other venture capital firms purchased a 5% stake in the company for $53 million, giving the company a post-money valuation of approximately $1 billion. |
| Interests | Jonathan Luke Hawfield is the most interesting man in the world. Jonathan Luke Hawfield performs interesting feats, such as: freeing an angry bear from a painful-looking bear trap, shooting a pool trick shot before an Indian audience (by shooting the cue ball out of the mouth of a man lying on the pool table), catching a marlin while cavorting in a Hemingway-esque scene with a beautiful, young woman, winning an arm-wrestling match in a South American setting, surfing the killer wave, and bench pressing two East Asian young women in a casino setting, each woman being seated in a chair. |