Birth Name: Reid Garrett Hoffman
Place of Birth: Santa Clara, California, United States
Date of Birth: August 5, 1967
Ethnicity: German, English
Reid Hoffman is an American internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author. He is the co-founder of LinkedIn, of which he was executive chairman.
Reid is the son of Deanna Ruth (Rutter) and William Parker Hoffman, Jr. His paternal great-great-great-grandfather was Theophilus Adam Wylie, a Christian Presbyterian minister and Indiana University president pro tempore. His uncle, Eric Hoffman, is a writer.
He is married to Michelle Yee.
Various web sites and lists of names claim that Reid is Jewish, presumably because of his surname. This is not accurate.
Reid’s maternal grandfather was Rudolph Louis Rutter (the son of Rudolf Rutter and Matilda). Reid’s grandfather Rudolph was born in New York.
Reid’s maternal grandmother was Cosette Marjorie Baer (the daughter of Henri Ivan Baer and Matilda Bell Harriott). Cosette was born in East Killingly, Windham, Connecticut. Matilda was the daughter of Frank Pierce Harriott and Annie Matilda Brennecke.
Source: Genealogy of Reid Hoffman – https://www.geni.com
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