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LinkedIn’s chairman Reid Hoffman, who also founded PayPal and has worked on startups for over 20 years, is one of the best-connected and most-liked people around Silicon Valley.[952] When Hoffman joined Microsoft’s board, he said he would help Microsoft build stronger connections around Silicon Valley[953] — a key asset for Microsoft, which for man

the dynamic of our relationship was similar to that of a cantankerous boxing coach and his scrappy young fighter, an analogy I most certainly inherited from Walt.

Mario Bennett, a backup center with Hakeem Olajuwon’s physique, Spencer Dunkley’s skill set, and a cucumber sponge’s intellect,

His job title—Vice President for User Growth—spoke volumes about where Facebook’s priorities lay. “There is so much accidental tourism in great things in life,” Palihapitiya later reflected, and he had hopped on the tour bus at exactly the right time.