Weiner served in various leadership roles at
Yahoo! for over seven years beginning in 2001, most recently as the
Executive Vice President of Yahoo's Network Division. As EVP of Yahoo, he led a team of over 3,000 employees, managing products reaching over 500 million consumers. While serving Yahoo’s Network Division, he was part of the Search leadership team that directed the acquisition and integration of
Inktomi,
AltaVista, and
FAST as well as the development of
Yahoo! Search Technology. He has worked at
Warner Bros. as
Vice President of Warner Bros. Online, developing its initial business plan. He was an Executive-in-Residence for leading
venture capital firms
Accel and
Greylock Partners. In 2009, Weiner implemented the first BizOps team at LinkedIn. In 2011, Weiner and
Reid Hoffman were the U.S. Overall winners of the
EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award In 2014, Weiner was recognized by LinkedIn employees via
Glassdoor's annual survey as among "the top 10 CEOs at U.S. Tech Companies". On February 5, 2020, Weiner announced he will step down as CEO of LinkedIn and become executive chairman in order to focus on closing the network gap and realizing LinkedIn's vision of creating economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. He named
Ryan Roslansky as his replacement. On April 22, 2026, Weiner shared that Ryan Roslansky transitioned as CEO of LinkedIn, naming Daniel Shapero as successor. As a result, Weiner ended his tenure as Executive Chairman. He remains focused on Next Play Ventures, coaching and investing in entrepreneurial leaders. ==Other interests==