June 5 (Reuters) - Reid Hoffman, billionaire co-founder

of networking website LinkedIn, has decided not to stand for

re-election to Microsoft's ( MSFT ) board of directors at its

2026 annual shareholder meeting, the software giant said in a

filing on Friday.

Hoffman, who has served on the board since 2017, will stay

on till the meeting. His decision was not a result of any

disagreement with executives on any matter relating to policy or

operations, Microsoft ( MSFT ) said.

In 2016, he sold LinkedIn to Microsoft ( MSFT ) for $26.2 billion in

what was at the time the tech giant's largest-ever deal. The

social networking platform has grown to over 1.3 billion members

since.

Hoffman co-founded Inflection AI alongside Mustafa Suleyman

in 2022 in an attempt to get ahead in the rapidly growing

sector.

He also led investment in Airbnb's ( ABNB ) Series A

financing round in 2010 and backed autonomous driving company

Aurora through venture capital firm Greylock Partners in 2018.