LinkedIn is a professional social network with over 300 million members globally. It connects professionals to help them be more productive and successful through professional networking, jobs, people searches, and advertising opportunities. LinkedIn started in 2002 and is now publicly traded, generating revenue from subscriptions, advertising, and talent solutions.
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2. ABOUT LINKEDIN
? LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network with 300
million members in over 200 countries and territories around
the globe.
? LinkedIn is a business-oriented Social Networking Services is
mainly used for Professional networking.
? The site is available in 20 languages
including English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish,
Dutch,
Swedish, Danish, Romanian, Russian, Turkish, Japanese, Czech, P
olish, Korean, Indonesian, Malay, and Tagalog
3. MISSION
? Connect the world's professionals to make them more productive
and successful. When you join LinkedIn, you get access to people,
jobs, news, updates, and insights that help you be great at what
you do
4. COMPANY INFORMATION
? LinkedIn started out in the living room of co-founder Reid
Hoffmanin 2002, and it officially launched on May 5, 2003.
? LinkedIn is publicly held and has a diversified business
model with revenues coming from member subscriptions,
advertising sales, and talent solutions.
? Company Size 5001-10,000 employees
5. Specialties
Online Professional Network, Jobs, People Search, Company
Search, Address Book, Advertising, Professional Identity, Group
Collaboration
Domain Name
Creation Date: 2002-11-02
Expiration Date: 2020-11-02
6. LINKEDIN USERS
Country Users Penetration
United States 93 million 29.90%
India 24 million 2.02%
Brazil 16 million 7.69%
United Kingdom 14 million 22.41%
Canada 9 million 25.82%
France 7 million 9.91%
Spain 6 million 11.54%
7. MANAGEMENT TEAM
? Jeff Weiner, Chief Executive Officer
? Nick Besbeas, Vice President, Marketing
? Mike Gamson, Senior Vice President, Global Solutions
? Deep Nishar, Senior Vice President, Products and User
Experience
8. LINKEDIN SOURCES OF REVENUE
? Job ads
? Display and Text Ads
? Paid memberships
9. FUTURE PLAN
? LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner stated in November 2012 that the
company's vision for the next decade is to construct an "economic
graph"; the term plays off the idea of a social graph popularized
by Facebook