Jeff Weiner

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business executive chief executive officer human

Jeff Weiner is an American business executive best known for serving as the longtime CEO of LinkedIn, where he oversaw the company’s rapid growth and acquisition by Microsoft.

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Label	Occurrences
Jeff Weiner canonical	2
Jeff Weiner – former Chief Executive Officer	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T264746 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jeff Weiner
Context triple: [LinkedIn, formerKeyPerson, Jeff Weiner]

A. Edward Zuckerberg
Edward Zuckerberg is an American dentist and technology enthusiast best known as the father of Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg.
B. Michael Weiner
Michael Weiner was an American labor lawyer who served as the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, where he was known for his influential role in player labor relations and collective bargaining.
C. Josh Harris
Josh Harris is an American billionaire investor and sports team owner best known as a co-founder of Apollo Global Management and the principal owner of multiple professional franchises, including the NFL’s Washington Commanders.
D. Chris Hughes
Chris Hughes is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as one of the co-founders of Facebook and a former owner of The New Republic magazine.
E. Chad Mirkin
Chad Mirkin is an American chemist and nanotechnology pioneer known for inventing dip-pen nanolithography and developing spherical nucleic acids for biomedical applications.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jeff Weiner
Target entity description: Jeff Weiner is an American business executive best known for serving as the longtime CEO of LinkedIn, where he oversaw the company’s rapid growth and acquisition by Microsoft.

A. Edward Zuckerberg
Edward Zuckerberg is an American dentist and technology enthusiast best known as the father of Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg.
B. Michael Weiner
Michael Weiner was an American labor lawyer who served as the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, where he was known for his influential role in player labor relations and collective bargaining.
C. Josh Harris
Josh Harris is an American billionaire investor and sports team owner best known as a co-founder of Apollo Global Management and the principal owner of multiple professional franchises, including the NFL’s Washington Commanders.
D. Chris Hughes
Chris Hughes is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as one of the co-founders of Facebook and a former owner of The New Republic magazine.
E. Chad Mirkin
Chad Mirkin is an American chemist and nanotechnology pioneer known for inventing dip-pen nanolithography and developing spherical nucleic acids for biomedical applications.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	business executive ⓘ chief executive officer ⓘ human ⓘ
acquisitionPartner	Microsoft ⓘ
acquisitionValue	26200000000 USD ⓘ
almaMater	Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
awardReceived	Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award ⓘ surface form: Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Northern California) Glassdoor ⓘ surface form: Glassdoor Highest Rated CEO recognition
boardMemberOf	Intuit ⓘ LinkedIn ⓘ
citizenship	United States of America ⓘ
degree	Bachelor of Science in Economics ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
employer	LinkedIn ⓘ
familyName	Weiner ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	Economics ⓘ
focusesOn	leadership development ⓘ organizational culture ⓘ professional networking ⓘ
givenName	Jeff ⓘ
hasSpokenAt	Stanford Graduate School of Business ⓘ Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: Wharton School events
industry	internet ⓘ technology ⓘ
knownFor	being CEO of LinkedIn ⓘ leading LinkedIn’s acquisition by Microsoft ⓘ
memberOf	LinkedIn board of directors ⓘ
name	Jeff Weiner self-link ⓘ
nationality	United States of America ⓘ
notableAchievement	Led LinkedIn through its initial public offering ⓘ Led LinkedIn’s sale to Microsoft ⓘ
notableIdea	compassionate management ⓘ
notableWork	Developing LinkedIn’s long-term vision and strategy ⓘ Scaling LinkedIn’s professional network globally ⓘ
occupation	business executive ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ
positionHeld	Chief Executive Officer of LinkedIn ⓘ Executive Chairman of LinkedIn ⓘ Executive Vice President at Yahoo! ⓘ Executive-in-Residence at Greylock Partners ⓘ Vice President at Warner Bros. ⓘ
previousEmployer	Greylock Partners ⓘ Warner Bros. Entertainment ⓘ surface form: Warner Bros. Yahoo Inc. (post-Verizon media reorganization) ⓘ surface form: Yahoo!
residence	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
socialMediaPlatformLed	LinkedIn ⓘ
workPeriodEnd	2020-05-31 ⓘ
workPeriodStart	2008-12-01 ⓘ

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LinkedIn → formerKeyPerson → Jeff Weiner ⓘ

LinkedIn → positionHeld → Jeff Weiner ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jeff Weiner – former Chief Executive Officer

Jeff Weiner → name → Jeff Weiner self-link ⓘ

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