LinkedIn CEO succession

LinkedIn replaced chief executive Ryan Roslansky with longtime chief operating officer Dan Shapero on April 22, making the leadership change effective immediately. (cnbc.com) Roslansky had run LinkedIn since June 2020, and Microsoft said Shapero will now report to Roslansky as Roslansky takes on broader responsibilities inside the company. (cnbc.com) Shapero joined LinkedIn in 2008 and became chief operating officer in 2021 after overseeing major parts of the business across sales, marketing, and product. Reuters said Microsoft picked him to lead LinkedIn through an “AI-driven” period for the platform. (usnews.com) The change lands as Microsoft folds LinkedIn more tightly into its workplace software business. GeekWire reported that Roslansky now oversees LinkedIn and Microsoft Office, while LinkedIn’s new chief executive steps into the day-to-day operating role. (geekwire.com) That structure puts an operator at the top of a network with more than 1 billion members and a growing role in recruiting, advertising, subscriptions, and business software. LinkedIn sits inside Microsoft’s push to sell artificial intelligence tools to employers and office workers. (techcrunch.com; microsoft.com) LinkedIn’s scale has also grown under Microsoft. GeekWire reported the business recently crossed $5 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time, and Microsoft bought the company for $26.2 billion in 2016. (geekwire.com) Roslansky said in his own post that his Microsoft role is expanding rather than ending, and TechCrunch reported that Shapero’s appointment is part of a broader leadership reshuffle around LinkedIn and Office. (techcrunch.com) Shapero said he would begin by “learning and listening,” according to GeekWire, a cautious start for a chief executive taking over a profitable platform while Microsoft rewires its work software around artificial intelligence. (geekwire.com)