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LinkedIn (/ l ɪ ŋ k t ˈ ɪ n /) is a business and employment-focused online professional platform that works through websites and mobile apps. It was launched on May 5, 2003 by Reid Hoffman and Eric Ly. [4] Since December 2016, LinkedIn has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft. [5]
LinkedIn acquires ChoiceVendor, a business-to-business review service, for $3.9 million. [18] 2011: January 26: Acquisitions: LinkedIn acquires CardMunch, a business card scanning application, for $1.7 million. [19] [16] The service would shut down in 2014 and users would be forced to migrate to Evernote. [20] 2011: May 19: Company
He was the chief executive officer (CEO) of LinkedIn, a business-related social networking website. He started with LinkedIn on December 15, 2008, [ 1 ] as Interim President. [ 2 ] Weiner played an instrumental role in LinkedIn's acquisition by Microsoft for $26 billion (~$32.4 billion in 2023) in June 2016. [ 3 ]
Reid Garrett Hoffman (born August 5, 1967) is an American internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist, podcaster, and author.Hoffman is the co-founder and former executive chairman of LinkedIn, a business-oriented social network used primarily for professional networking.
An Internet entrepreneur is an owner, founder or manager of an Internet-based business. This list includes Internet company founders and people brought on to companies for their general business or accounting acumen, as is the case with some CEOs hired by companies started by entrepreneurs.
A web presence is a location on the World Wide Web where a person, business, or some other entity is represented (see also web property and point of presence).. Examples of a web presence for a person could be a personal website, a blog, a profile page, a wiki page, or a social media point of presence (e.g. a LinkedIn profile, a Facebook account, or a Twitter account).
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 ...
Employee ownership takes different forms and one form may predominate in a particular country. For example, in the U.S. over 5,700 of the roughly 6,400 employee-owned companies have an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). [2] An ESOP is an employee-owner method that provides a company's workforce