Ryan Roslansky


Ryan Roslansky is an American entrepreneur. He is the chief executive officer of LinkedIn, a business-related social networking website, since June 2020 stepping up from his previous position as Senior Vice President. He started with LinkedIn in 2009 and was instrumental in the $1.5 billion acquisition of Lynda.com in 2015, the largest acquisition in LinkedIn's history at that time.

Career

Roslansky left college his sophomore year to focus full time on the company he and two roommates created. He became CEO of the company, Housing Media, and in 1999 it was acquired by USHousing.com. He went to Yahoo, where he met and worked under Jeff Weiner for five years. After a short stint at Glam Media, Roslansky went to LinkedIn in 2009 as one of Weiner's first hires. Weiner named Roslansky his replacement as LinkedIn CEO on February 5, 2020.

Other interests

Roslansky is an investor and advisor to companies including Wealthfront, NerdWallet, UserTesting, Deal.com, Cricket Health, Darwin Homes, Fortella, ScoreBeyond, and more. He is also on the board of directors of GoDaddy.