Archive · 30 Jan 2026
LinkedIn Co-Founder Criticizes Tech Leaders for Silence on Trump
Reid Hoffman, who helped start LinkedIn, said that more leaders in the tech world should speak up against President Trump.
He wrote about this in a newspaper because two people were killed by federal agents in Minneapolis.
Hoffman thinks tech leaders should not stay quiet and should stand up against what they see as wrong things the Trump administration is doing.
Other tech leaders, like Google's chief scientist and some investors, have also said they are ashamed by what happened in Minneapolis.
Hoffman believes that everyone should speak out and not just hope the problems will go away.
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman criticized tech leaders for not speaking out against Trump's administration.
The criticism follows the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis.
Hoffman wrote an opinion piece in The San Francisco Standard urging tech leaders to take a stand.
Other tech figures, including Google's Jeff Dean and investors Vinod Khosla and Paul Graham, have also condemned the shootings.
Hoffman believes that staying silent is not an option and that tech leaders should actively oppose what they see as wrongdoing by the Trump administration.
- Who
- Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn co-founder, and other tech leaders
- What
- Criticism of tech leaders for not speaking out against Trump's administration and its immigration crackdown
- When
- Thursday (specific date not mentioned)
- Where
- Washington, with reference to events in Minneapolis
- Why
- In response to the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents, and the perceived inaction of tech leaders
- Individuals Criticized
- Donald Trump
- Critics
- Reid Hoffman, Jeff Dean, Vinod Khosla, Paul Graham
- Incident
- Killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti
- Location
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Platform
- The San Francisco Standard