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Ryan Roslansky
Roslansky at Talent Connect 2023
Born
Ryan Roslansky

(1977-12-04) December 4, 1977 (age 48)
South Lake Tahoe, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of California, Davis (dropped out)
Years active1997–present
Title
Board member of
Children3

Ryan Roslansky (born December 4, 1977) is an American entrepreneur and oversees the group responsible for LinkedIn and Microsoft Office as a member of Satya Nadella’s senior leadership team at Microsoft. Before taking on the responsibility of Microsoft Office and LinkedIn, he was the chief executive officer (CEO) of LinkedIn. 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.[2] He is the co-author of the New York Times Best Selling Book Open to Work[3] and was nominated for an Emmy in 2026 for his video podcast series The Path.[4]

Early life

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Ryan Roslansky was born on December 4 1977 in South Lake Tahoe, California. He attended high school at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida. He attended the University of California, Davis dropping out in his sophomore year to focus full time on a company he and two roommates created. He became CEO of the company, Housing Media, and in 1999 it was acquired by USHousing.com.[2]

Career

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After selling his company, Roslansky started at Yahoo!, where he met and worked under Jeff Weiner for five years. [5]

After a short stint at Glam Media, Roslansky went to LinkedIn in 2009 as one of Weiner's first hires.

Roslansky held leadership roles in every part of LinkedIn’s business. He led the evolution of LinkedIn’s products into a global ecosystem and launched several new initiatives for the company including the Influencer program[6] (which includes Richard Branson, Arianna Huffington, and Bill Gates, among others,) and founded the editorial team which today boasts 75+ writers and editors.[7] In 2015, Roslansky was a key part of the $1.5 billion (~$1.93 billion in 2024) acquisition of Lynda.com, the largest acquisition in LinkedIn's history at that time.

Weiner named Roslansky his replacement as LinkedIn CEO on February 5, 2020.[8] As CEO of LinkedIn, Roslansky nearly tripled LinkedIn's business to $19.5 billion in annual revenue, while growing the platform to record levels of engagement, with over 1.3 billion members[9].

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Microsoft and Linkedin pledged to upskill 25 million workers[10] and in 2021, has surpassed that number. However in 2025, LinkedIn admitted that skill certificates rarely pay off. [11][12]

In 2021, Roslansky partnered with John Kerry on an effort to address Climate Change through a focus on job creation.[13]

In 2025, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced Roslansky would take on broader responsibilities overseeing the Microsoft Office productivity unit, as an Executive Vice President.[14]

Open to Work

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In 2026, Roslansky co-published a New York Times best-selling book with Aneesh Raman called Open to Work[15]: How to Get Ahead in the Age of AI focused on helping people navigate their careers in an AI world, published by Harper Collins[16]

The Path

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In 2023, Roslansky launched The Path video series on LinkedIn where he interviews business leaders about their career paths. [17]

The Great Reshuffle

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In 2021, Roslansky coined the term Great Reshuffle to describe talent shifts occurring through data on the LinkedIn platform.[18]

Boards and committees

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Roslansky is on the board of trustees of the Paley Center for Media. [19] He was previously on the board of directors of Intuit,[20] and the board of directors at GoDaddy.[21]

Awards and recognition

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In 2026, Roslansky co-authored the book Open to Work which immediately became a New York Times Best Seller[15].  In 2026 Roslansky's video podcast series The Path was nominated for a Daytime Emmy[4]. In 2021, he was named to Forbes CEO Next list[22].

Personal life

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In 2004, Roslansky married Leigh Farmer. The couple have three daughters and live in the San Francisco Bay Area.[2][23]

References

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  1. ↑ "Intuit Appoints Ryan Roslansky, CEO of LinkedIn, and Eric S. Yuan, CEO and Founder of Zoom, to its Board of Directors". Intuit (Press release). Mountain View, California. Business Wire. May 4, 2023. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Chaykowski, Kathleen. "LinkedIn's New Head of Consumer Product, Ryan Roslansky, Wants To Transform How Workers Learn". Forbes. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  3. ↑ Raman, Aneesh. "Open to Work Homepage I LinkedIn".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. 1 2 "53rd Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards Nominees - The Emmys".
  5. ↑ Meisenzahl, Mary. "Meet Ryan Roslansky, LinkedIn's next CEO who was Jeff Weiner's first hire back in 2009". Business Insider. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  6. ↑ "The Surprising Brilliance Of The LinkedIn Influencers Program". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  7. ↑ "LinkedIn Rebrands Editorial Team to LinkedIn News as it Continues to Expand News Coverage and Content". Social Media Today. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  8. ↑ "LinkedIn's Jeff Weiner will hand CEO role to Ryan Roslansky and become executive chairman". GeekWire. February 5, 2020. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  9. ↑ "LinkedIn Pressroom".
  10. ↑ "Microsoft pledges to upskill 25 million workers for the 'COVID-19 economy'". VentureBeat. June 30, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Skill certificates rarely pay off | LinkedIn". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
  12. ↑ "MSN". www.msn.com. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Solving climate change means creating jobs". BostonGlobe. November 8, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  14. ↑ Novet, Jordan (June 4, 2025). "Microsoft gives LinkedIn chief Roslansky added role running Office". CNBC. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
  15. 1 2 "Announcing Open to Work: How to Get Ahead in the Age of AI". January 13, 2026.
  16. ↑ "HarperCollins Publishers to publish Open to Work - How to Get Ahead in the Age of AI by Ryan Roslansky and Aneesh Raman". February 24, 2026.
  17. ↑ "LinkedIn's CEO is talking to execs and leaders who walked 'The Path' to success". TubeFilter. January 27, 2023.
  18. ↑ "Gen Z and Millennials Are Leading a 'Great Reshuffle.' Here's What That Means". Time. October 17, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  19. ↑ "THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA ANNOUNCES NEW MEMBERS TO ITS ESTEEMED BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND LOS ANGELES BOARD OF GOVERNORS". PRNewsWire (Press release). Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  20. ↑ "Intuit Appoints Enterprise AI Leader Bill McDermott and Financial Technology Innovator Adena Friedman to Board of Directors". Intuit. November 20, 2025. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  21. ↑ "Caroline Donahue and Ryan Roslansky Join GoDaddy Board of Directors".
  22. ↑ "CEO Next 2021".
  23. ↑ Edgecliffe-Johnson, Andrew (July 15, 2023). "LinkedIn's Ryan Roslansky: 'You can only learn how to be a CEO by being a CEO'". Financial Times.
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