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LinkedIn

Private (Microsoft subsidiary)

Explore LinkedIn career opportunities at the world's largest professional networking platform. Find roles in social media, data, sales, and engineering.

Industry

Social Media & Professional Networking

Year founded

2003

Employees

20,000

About

LinkedIn is the world's largest professional networking platform, connecting over 900 million members across 200+ countries and territories.

The company offers career development tools, recruiting solutions, learning platforms, and business networking services to professionals and organizations globally.

LinkedIn generates revenue primarily through talent solutions, marketing solutions, and premium subscriptions for job seekers and sales professionals.

Owned by Microsoft since 2016, LinkedIn operates with significant autonomy while leveraging Microsoft's cloud infrastructure and enterprise relationships.

Headquarters
Sunnyvale, California, USA
Key leadership
Ryan Roslansky (CEO)

Notable highlights

  • World's largest professional networking platform with 900+ million members
  • Acquired by Microsoft for $26.2 billion in 2016
  • LinkedIn Learning platform offers 20,000+ professional development courses
  • Generates over $15 billion in annual revenue across talent and marketing solutions

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