The Curiously Unsociable CEO of Social Networking Giant LinkedIn
LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner was recently profiled in the U.K.'s Sunday Telegraph, in a feature that surprised -- not for what Weiner revealed, but for what he didn't. Asked in which country his European-born wife was born, for example, Weiner inexplicably declined to answer. Asked where his family enjoys vacationing, he declined to respond. (I can understand security concerns, but even a country name would have come across as more polite.) Weiner also wouldn’t say what kind of car he drives. The reporter reasoned that “perhaps Weiner's reticence fits in rather well with LinkedIn's business model as ‘a place for serious business people to do serious business.’” I think that’s an overly generous conclusion to draw.
14 July 2009•3 mins read
