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LinkedIn is business-oriented social networking site where operates via websites and mobile apps. It was founded on December 28, 2002, and launches on May 5, 2003, by Reid Hoffman with its team. Linkedin is essentially utilized for professional networking implies it is that kind of stage where employers posting jobs and job seekers posting their CVs. LinkedIn permits individuals (the two specialists and bosses) to make profiles and "associations" to each other in an online information community which may speak to genuine expert connections. Individuals can welcome anybody (regardless of whether a current part or not) to end up an association.

The idea of LinkedIn is right off the bat broke by Ried Hoffman. At that point, he enlists a group of old associates from SocialNet and PayPal to chip away at the new idea. After the diligent work of a half year, they dispatch LinkedIn. At the underlying stage, development is moderate as few as 20 signups on some days. Be that as it may, by the fall, it demonstrates enough guarantee to draw in a venture from Sequoia Capital.

In February 2008, LinkedIn launches the mobile version of the site. It gives access to the reduced feature set over the mobile phone. The mobile service is available in six languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish. In October of that year, Silicon Valley Insider ranked the company No. 10 on its Top 100 List of most valuable startups.

In 2013, LinkedIn acquires 225 million users and is growing more than 2 members per second. By November 2014, LinkedIn had over 332 million members in more than 200 countries and territories. 

According to Forbes, “LinkedIn is, far and away, the most advantageous social networking tool available to job seekers and business professionals today."

On June 13, 2016, Microsoft announced that it would acquire LinkedIn for $196 a share, a total value of $26.2 billion and the largest acquisition made by Microsoft to date.

Today,  LinkedIn is the web’s largest and most powerful network of professionals.