Ryan Roslansky stepped down as LinkedIn’s CEO on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, after six years leading the world’s largest professional network. Dan Shapero, the company’s chief operating officer, assumed the CEO role immediately.
Roslansky joined LinkedIn in 2009 as one of then-CEO Jeff Weiner’s first hires and spent more than a decade working across nearly every division of the company before becoming CEO in June 2020, during the height of pandemic-era labor market disruption.
Under his leadership, LinkedIn grew substantially. He inherited a platform with 700 million members and roughly $8 billion in annual revenue, and is leaving with 1.3 billion members and more than $17 billion in revenue.
That growth accompanied a significant transformation of the platform itself. Roslansky accelerated LinkedIn’s evolution from what had been primarily a jobs board into a full-fledged social network where executives share personal essays, post career advice, and occasionally share emotional video content—a shift that has generated strong reactions from users.
Roslansky, who also holds the title of executive vice president at Microsoft, which acquired LinkedIn in 2016, indicated in a LinkedIn post that his role within Microsoft is expanding. Shapero will now report directly to him in his Microsoft position.
The leadership transition represents a significant change for a platform that has become central to professional networking and recruiting worldwide, though the company’s integration within Microsoft and Roslansky’s continued involvement suggest continuity in strategic direction.
Source: TechCrunch