LinkedIn CEO change: Daniel Shapero takes the helm as Ryan Roslansky broadens Microsoft role

by Todd Bishop on Apr 22, 2026 at 10:41 am April 22, 2026 at 11:02 am New LinkedIn CEO Daniel Shapero, left, and Ryan Roslansky, EVP of LinkedIn and Microsoft Office, at LinkedIn headquarters. (LinkedIn Photo) LinkedIn has a new CEO for the first time in six years. Daniel Shapero, the company’s chief operating officer since 2021, is stepping into the top job, reporting to Ryan Roslansky, who was elevated last year to executive vice president overseeing both LinkedIn and Microsoft Office. The changes come as LinkedIn crosses $5 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time, putting it on an annual run rate of more than $20 billion. The business social network has been owned by Microsoft since its acquisition by the Seattle-area tech giant for $26.2 billion in 2016. Roslansky announced the changes Wednesday (in a post on LinkedIn, of course) saying he also asked Mohak Shroff, LinkedIn’s longtime engineering leader, to take on the new role of president of platforms and digital work. Both Shapero and Shroff report to Roslansky. Roslansky put the moves in the context of the accelerating impact of AI on the labor market. “Last year when Satya Nadella asked me to lead LinkedIn
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