Dan Shapero will now take the helm of LinkedIn as the new CEO, succeeding Ryan Roslansky, who has been running Microsoft’s subsidiary since 2020. Roslansky recently assumed additional responsibilities in Microsoft’s office productivity group, while retaining his position as executive vice president.
Roslansky came to LinkedIn from Glam Media in 2009 as product chief, and six years ago,o he took over the group from Jeff Weiner. Under his leadership, membership on the platform grew to 1.3 billion from about 700 million.
The changes in top management come as LinkedIn crossed $5 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time, achieving annual revenue of $20 billion. Roslansky announced the changes on Wednesday through a post on LinkedIn, saying that he had also asked Mohak Shroff, LinkedIn’s longtime engineering leader, to take on the new role of president of platforms and digital work.
Under Roslansky’s tenure at LinkedIn, the company’s revenue nearly tripled, and the platform grew to more than 1.3 billion members, 70 million companies, and 42,000 skills. During his reign, he also took on the additional role of EVP, adding oversight of Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Microsoft 365 Copilot, as Microsoft pursued its “agentic web AI” strategy.
The new change will allow Roslansky to focus on a broader portfolio. Shapero joined LinkedIn in 2008 and, over the years, rose through sales, product, and operations before becoming COO in 2021. He added in his LinkedIn post that it was “one of the most meaningful experiences of my life” and said he would start by “learning and listening.”
