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LinkedIn, founded by former PayPal employees in 2002, is used mainly for professional networking, and reported more than 200 million registered users in more than 200 countries and territories as of January 2013. It is one of the most profitable companies in the Internet sector, with gross margins of roughly 90 per cent.

Chairman / President

Jeff Weiner

CEO / Managing Director

Ryan Roslansky

CFO / Finance Director

James Chuong

Industry

media platform

Website

linkedin.com

Headquarters address

Sunnyvale, 1000 W Maude Avenue, United States

Stock Code

NYSE:LNKD

Year founded

2003

last updated:

30 September, 2024

LinkedIn said in September its updated privacy policy included language that indicated users’ data and content would be used by default to train the platform’s GenAI. Photo: Shutterstock

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