Category: Private Citizen — Corporate Director Role: Independent Director, Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Board Tenure: 2017 – present Committee Memberships: Environmental, Social, and Public Policy (ESPP) Committee Profile Type: Board Member Accountability — Anchor B (Documented Organizational Leadership)

Basis for Inclusion: Reid G. Hoffman holds a documented governance role as an independent director of Microsoft Corporation, which made documented political donations to Trump-aligned entities while the corporation faced regulatory and policy decisions directly affecting its financial interests. Hoffman’s position is notable given his concurrent role as a venture capital partner at Greylock and his status as a vocal public commentator on democracy and technology policy — a role that he voluntarily and publicly assumed. This profile documents the factual governance relationship, not the subject’s personal political views.

Subject Classification: Private Citizen / Corporate Director. Board membership is a matter of public record (SEC filings, proxy statements). This profile documents only the governance role and its connection to documented corporate political activity.

What is NOT the basis for inclusion: Hoffman’s personal political opinions, public commentary on democracy or AI, party affiliation, or any protected speech are NOT the basis for inclusion. The basis is solely the documented directorial role and its fiduciary connection to corporate political spending documented in the parent corporate donor profile.

Biographical Overview

Reid G. Hoffman is a Partner at Greylock Partners, one of the most prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firms, where he has been a General Partner since 2009. He is the co-founder and former Executive Chairman of LinkedIn, which he built from its 2002 founding through its $26.2 billion acquisition by Microsoft in 2016 — making him simultaneously a Microsoft board member and one of the largest individual beneficiaries of that acquisition. He was also an Executive Vice President at PayPal and an early investor in Facebook, Airbnb, and numerous other major technology companies.

Hoffman is a prominent public figure who has openly criticized the Trump administration and has funded various democracy-adjacent initiatives and AI safety organizations. His governance role on Microsoft’s board — particularly on the ESPP Committee, which oversees environmental, social, and governance matters — places him in a position of fiduciary oversight over Microsoft’s political and social policy commitments, including the political donations documented in the parent profile.

He holds an M.S. in Philosophy from Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar) and a B.S. in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University.

Board Role and Governance Authority

• Company: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT)
• Board tenure: 2017 – present
• Committee assignments: Environmental, Social, and Public Policy (ESPP) Committee
• Day job: Partner, Greylock Partners; co-founder of LinkedIn (acquired by Microsoft 2016)

Other Current Board Memberships

• Aurora Innovation (NASDAQ: AUR) — director
• Multiple private company board seats via Greylock Partners

Parent Corporate Donor Profile

This profile is a governance-accountability companion to the Microsoft — Corporate Donor Profile, which documents the corporation’s political spending, pending government business, and favorable outcomes under the Trump administration.

Sources

• Microsoft Corporation DEF 14A Proxy Statement, filed October 21, 2025 (annual meeting December 5, 2025)
• SEC EDGAR filing: Microsoft Corporation (CIK 789019)