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LinkedIn has more than 1 billion registered members from over 200 countries and territories. [7] LinkedIn allows members (both employees and employers) to create profiles and connect with each other in an online social network which may represent real-world professional relationships. Members can invite anyone (whether an existing member or not ...
Madia Bellebuono, a University of Vermont graduate, spends her days in a Boston coffee shop scrolling through job openings on LinkedIn. Since earning her degree in strategic marketing and public ...
LinkedIn Learning was founded as Lynda.com in 1995 in Ojai, California, as online support for the books and classes of Lynda Weinman, a special effects animator and multimedia professor who founded a digital arts school with her husband, artist Bruce Heavin.
On June 13, 2016, Microsoft announced it planned to acquire the professional networking site LinkedIn for $26.2 billion, to be completed by the end of 2016. The acquisition would keep LinkedIn as a distinct brand and retain its current CEO, Jeff Weiner, who will subsequently report to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. [23]
LinkedIn opens office in India, and says that 50% of its userbase is now international. [12] 2010: March: Internationalization: LinkedIn opens an International Headquarters in Dublin, Ireland. [13] 2010: July: Funding: LinkedIn receives a $20 million investment from Tiger Global Management LLC at a valuation of approximately $2 billion. [14 ...
Reid Garrett Hoffman (born August 5, 1967) is an American internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist, podcaster, and author.Hoffman is the co-founder and executive chairman of LinkedIn, a business-oriented social network used primarily for professional networking.
XING is a Hamburg-based career-oriented social networking site, operated by New Work SE (until mid-2019 XING SE) and owned mainly by Hubert Burda Media. [3] [4]The site is primarily focused on the German-speaking market, alongside XING Spain, and competes with the American platform LinkedIn.
Ryan Roslansky (born December 4, 1977) is an American entrepreneur who is the chief executive officer (CEO) of LinkedIn, a business-related social networking website, since June 2020. [ 2 ] He started with LinkedIn in 2009 and was instrumental in the $1.5 billion acquisition of Lynda.com in 2015, the largest acquisition in LinkedIn's history at ...