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{{inadequate lead|date=April 2025}} {{Short description|Professional network website}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use American English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox website | name = LinkedIn Corporation | logo = LinkedIn 2021.svg | logo_size = 250px | logo_caption = Logo used since September 2021 | screenshot = LinkedIn Headquarters Sunnyvale.jpg | screenshot_size = 250px | caption = Headquarters in [[Sunnyvale, California]] | founder = {{ubl|[[Reid Hoffman]]|[[Eric Ly]]}} | industry = Internet | revenue = {{increase}} {{US$|15.15 billion|link=yes}} (2023)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/ixviewer/ix.html?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000789019/000095017023035122/msft-20230630.htm |title=Microsoft Corporation Form 10-K |date=2023-07-28 |publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] |page=95 |access-date=2024-03-10 |archive-date=March 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313093114/https://www.sec.gov/ixviewer/ix.html?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000789019/000095017023035122/msft-20230630.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> | url = {{URL|https://www.linkedin.com/|linkedin.com}} | ipv6 = Yes | advertising = [[AdSense]] | registration = Required | language = Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (UK), English (US), Farsi, French, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Marathi, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese | language_count = 36 | language_footnote = <ref name="About" /> | company_type = [[Subsidiary]] | foundation = {{start date and age|2003|5|5}}<br/>[[Mountain View, California]], U.S. | location_city = [[Sunnyvale, California]] | location_country = U.S. | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = [[Jeff Weiner]]<br>{{small|(Executive Chairman)}}<br>[[Ryan Roslansky]]<br>{{small|(CEO)}} | num_employees = 18,500 (2024)<ref name="About" /> | num_users = 310 million [[monthly active users|MAU]] (February 2023)<ref>{{Cite web |title=LinkedIn Stats Looking Into 2023 |url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin-stats-looking-2023-robert-c-stern |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=www.linkedin.com |language=en |archive-date=August 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230802141523/https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin-stats-looking-2023-robert-c-stern |url-status=live }}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=March 2024|reason=[[WP:SPS]] by a random LinkedIn user}} | launch_date = {{start date and age|2003|05|05}} | current_status = Active | website_type = {{ubl|[[Professional network service]]|[[Social media]]}} | parent = [[Microsoft]] (2016–present) | subsidiaries = [[LinkedIn Learning]]<br/>[[Connectifier]]<br/>[[Drawbridge (company)|Drawbridge]]<br/>Glint }} '''LinkedIn''' ({{IPAc-en|l|I|ŋ|k|t|ˈ|ɪ|n}}) is an American business and employment-oriented [[Social networking service|social network]]. It was launched on May 5, 2003 by [[Reid Hoffman]] and [[Eric Ly]].<ref name="about">{{cite web |year=2015 |title=About |url=http://press.linkedin.com/about/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141201020229/http://press.linkedin.com/about |archive-date=December 1, 2014 |access-date=March 5, 2015 |publisher=LinkedIn Corporation}}</ref> Since December 2016, LinkedIn has been a wholly owned subsidiary of [[Microsoft]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Microsoft buys LinkedIn |url=https://news.microsoft.com/announcement/microsoft-buys-linkedin/ |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=Stories |language=en-US |archive-date=May 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525121358/https://news.microsoft.com/announcement/microsoft-buys-linkedin/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The platform is primarily used for professional networking and career development, and allows jobseekers to post their [[Curriculum vitae|CVs]] and employers to post jobs. From 2015, most of the company's revenue came from [[Information broker|selling access to information about its members]] to recruiters and sales professionals and has also introduced their own ad portal named LinkedIn Ads to let companies advertise in their platform.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/10/12/the-network-man |title=Reid Hoffman's Big Dreams for LinkedIn |last=Lemann |first=Nicholas |date=October 12, 2015 |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=October 10, 2015 |archive-date=May 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501130925/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/10/12/the-network-man |url-status=live}}</ref> LinkedIn has more than 1 billion registered members from over 200 countries and territories.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://about.linkedin.com/ |title=About LinkedIn |publisher=LinkedIn Corporation |access-date=February 12, 2024 |archive-date=May 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528075044/https://about.linkedin.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 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) to become a connection. LinkedIn can also be used to organize offline events, join groups, write articles, publish job postings, post photos and videos, and more.<ref name="Help.linkedin.com">{{cite web |date=December 20, 2013 |title=Account Restricted |url=https://help.linkedin.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1386 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819030609/https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin?lang=en |archive-date=August 19, 2020 |access-date=June 13, 2023 |publisher=LinkedIn Help Center}}</ref>
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