LinkedIn was established in February 2002 and launched in 2003. It was listed in the United States on May 20, 20 1 1, and its headquarters is located in Mountain View, California, USA.
20 1, 201On February 25th, 4, the simplified Chinese version of LinkedIn website was officially launched, and the Chinese name was announced as "LinkedIn". LinkedIn China announced the launch of "Red Rabbit", a workplace social app based on real identity independently developed by local teams.
2. 2065438+On June 3, 2006, the official blog of Microsoft announced that Microsoft and LinkedIn had reached a final agreement, and Microsoft would acquire all the shares and net cash of LinkedIn at the price of 196 USD per share, totaling 26.2 billion USD.
3. Founder and CEO of LinkedIn: reid hoffman. Reid hoffman was previously the executive vice president of PayPal, and held a senior management position in Intuit Software Company. After being sold by Yi Bei, he founded LinkedIn with some college students. According to an article by the Associated Press, reid hoffman's companion is Constantine Grecker, a graduate of Stanford University.
4.2065438+On May 23rd and 25th, 2004, LinkedIn held its first offline communication activity since entering China-LinkedIn Influence. The theme of the first series is "Venture Capital Thinking to See the Opportunities between China and the West". Reid hoffman, founder of LinkedIn, Derek, president of LinkedIn China, Shen Nanpeng, founding and managing partner of Sequoia Capital, and Zhu Xiaoming, president of China Europe International Business School, participated in this influential event as speakers and shared their exclusive views on current business opportunities in China and the West.
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LinkedIn- Baidu encyclopedia