Billionaire Boss Yells ‘Speak Up!’ While Quietly Reffering Fear of Trump
KEY POINTS
- •Reid Hoffman said in January 2026 that business silence on Trump-era politics is a dangerous miscalculation.
- •He donated $2 million to a Biden write-in super PAC in New Hampshire this year and urged leaders to overcome fear.
- •Following a fatal Minneapolis immigration shooting, several tech leaders, including Jeff Dean and Yann LeCun, publicly condemned federal actions.
Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn's cofounder and $2 million super PAC bankroll for Biden’s 2024 New Hampshire write-in campaign, says business leaders who think silence around Trump protects their firms are playing with fire. In his podcast rant, Hoffman dismisses the 'keep mum and weather the storm' strategy as hopelessly naive. Beloved Democrat and frequent White House target, Hoffman insists CEOs owe society more than glossy earnings reports — shout out for courage, not corporate cowardice. Meanwhile, other tech titans like Google DeepMind's Jeff Dean and Meta’s ex-AI chief Yann LeCun publicly condemned Minneapolis’ fatal immigration shooting, highlighting the divide among CEOs: heroic or Houdini-level disappearing act.
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When you’re wealthier and more powerful than 99% of us but still terrified of saying anything, maybe silence really is your corporate strategy.
There’s nothing like a billionaire preaching moral responsibility while quietly wishing negative headlines would just go away like bad Wi-Fi.
Reid Hoffman telling CEOs to speak up is like a cat telling mice to hold a conference about pet safety.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 1/28/2026 | Author: Lee Chong Ming
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