Company Profile: LinkedIn Corporation

LinkedIn homepage
Type of business	Subsidiary
Type of site	Social networking service
Available in	Multilingual (24)
Founded	December 28, 2002; 16 years ago Mountain View, California, U.S.
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, California , U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Founder(s)	Reid Hoffman Allen Blue Konstantin Guericke Eric Ly Jean-Luc Vaillant
Key people	Jeff Weiner (CEO)
Industry	Internet
Products	SlideShare
Employees	14,000 (2019)[1]
Parent	Microsoft Corporation
Subsidiaries	Learning Connectifier
Website	www.linkedin.com
Alexa rank	23 (12 July 2019)[2]
Advertising	Google, AdSense
Registration	Required
Users	630 million members (June 2019)[3]
Launched	May 5, 2003; 16 years ago
Current status	Active

Company History

2002

LinkedIn starts out in the living room of co-founder Reid Hoffman. LinkedIn's founders are Reid Hoffman, Allen Blue, Konstantin Guericke, Eric Ly and Jean-Luc Vaillant.

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2003

In late 2002, Reid recruits a team of old colleagues from SocialNet and Paypal to work on a new idea, and six months later, LinkedIn is officially launched. Growth is slow at first—as few as 20 signups on some days—but, by the fall, it shows enough promise to attract an investment from Sequoia Capital.

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2011

LinkedIn celebrates its eighth anniversary, and becomes a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange. President Obama partners with LinkedIn for a town hall on job creation and economic growth.

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2013

LinkedIn turns 10 and reaches 225 million members. Company is growing at more than two members per second, with member milestones across the globe.

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2016

Microsoft completes acquisition of LinkedIn, and our next play begins. Joining forces with Microsoft will accelerate our mission to connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful, and ultimately help create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce.

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2017

LinkedIn launches largest desktop redesign since company's inception. This complete overhaul of our technology architecture ensures we deliver a simplified LinkedIn experience that's faster, easier to navigate, and more intuitive.

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2018

LinkedIn launches LinkedIn Talent Insights – our self-serve data tool that taps into the LinkedIn network to empower companies with the insights they need to hire quality talent. LinkedIn Talent Insights delivers talent analytics on workforce planning and sourcing strategies including what city to open your next office and how your employer brand compare to your peers.

Sources: https://news.linkedin.com/about-us#company-history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkedIn
(Both websites accessed on September 16, 2019)

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