LinkedIn Weighed Down

 | Sep 23, 2013 11:42AM ET

Many have stood slack-jawed this year staring at something so huge, it prompted a double-take: LinkedIn’s (LNKD ) stock performance.

None would doubt that with the gargantuan problems our world faces, only someone with an appetite for success like founder Reid Hoffman would put his full weight behind the success of this constantly-growing corporation. He has battled weighty issues such as privacy as well as the fatuous attempts by competitors to unseat him from his throne. Flush with excitment, however, Hoffman continues to consume opportunities and overshadow the small men who once questioned whether he could truly soar.