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Company · Technology · Software · founded 2002

LinkedIn

Professional networking platform founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003. Microsoft completed its acquisition in December 2016.

Part of Microsoft.

Of the 1 person here linked to LinkedIn, 1 is a founder and 0 are still there. 1 of them also appear at Airbnb. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.

Description and founding year: en.wikipedia.org. Each person's role links to its own source on their profile.

1 person at LinkedIn

Founder

Role

Co-founder, later executive chairman, 2002
Source · high confidence. Wikipedia calls him a former executive chairman; the page gives no years for his CEO or chairman roles.
Past
Technology · Software · Venture Capital 2 / 0
Reid Hoffman
Co-founder of LinkedIn; early PayPal executive; Greylock Partners venture capitalist
professional-class · elite · graduate degree

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