LinkedIn is a professional networking platform with over one billion members across more than 200 countries and territories. Founded in 2003 and acquired by Microsoft in 2016, the company operates 38 global offices with over 17,500 full-time employees and generates more than $18 billion in annual revenue.
The platform connects professionals from every Fortune 500 company and lists more than 70 million companies and 144,000 schools. Activity on the platform reflects its scale: 17,000 connections are made every minute, 8,200 job applications submitted every minute, and 90 people add new roles to their profiles every minute. The company has achieved four consecutive years of double-digit member growth.
LinkedIn operates across multiple business segments. Talent Solutions focuses on recruiting and talent acquisition. Marketing Solutions provides advertising and marketing products. Sales Solutions offers sales intelligence and tools. Premium Subscriptions deliver paid tiers with additional features for professional and sales or recruiting use cases. LinkedIn Learning, the platform's online learning product, claims to drive 5x more engagement and 3.4x faster artificial intelligence skill growth for organizations.
