LinkedIn

LinkedIn Corporation

LinkedIn homepage

Type of business Subsidiary

Type of site Social networking service

Available in Multilingual (24)

Founded May 5, 2003; 18 years ago

Mountain View, California, U.S.

Headquarters Sunnyvale, California

, 

U.S.

Area served Worldwide

Founder(s) Reid Hoffman

CEO Ryan Roslansky

 Melissa Selcher (CMO)[1]

Key people
 Raghu Hiremagalur (CTO)[2]

 Steve Sordello (CFO)

 Jeff Weiner (Executive Chairman)

Industry Internet

Employees 18,000+ (2019)[3]

Parent Microsoft Corporation

 Subsidiaries Learning

Connectifier

URL www.linkedin.com

Advertising Google, AdSense

Registration Required

Users 740 million members (February 2021)[3]

Launched May 5, 2003; 18 years ago

Current status Active

LinkedIn (/lɪŋktˈɪn/) is an American business and employment-oriented online service that operates

via websites and mobile apps. Launched on May 5, 2003,[4] the platform is mainly used for professional
networking, and allows job seekers to post their CVs and employers to post jobs. As of 2015, most of the
company's revenue came from selling access to information about its members to recruiters and sales
professionals.[5] Since December 2016, it has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft. As of June 2021,
LinkedIn had 756 million registered members from 200 countries and territories. [3]
LinkedIn allows members (both workers and employers) to create profiles and "connect" to each other in
an online social network which may represent real-world professional relationships. Members can invite
anyone (whether an existing member or not) to become a "connection". [6]