LinkedIn is a professional networking service co-founded by Reid Hoffman and colleagues, launched in May 2003 and acquired by Microsoft in 2016 for about $26 billion. It became the dominant online platform for professional profiles, business networking, recruiting and job searching, widely used by employers and job seekers alike and central to how many industries now conduct professional hiring and networking.
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WikipediaGrowth history paragraph, December 2016 Microsoft acquisition sentence
In December 2016, Microsoft purchased LinkedIn for $26.2 billion, being its largest acquisition at the time.
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It was launched on May 5, 2003, by Reid Hoffman and Eric Ly
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LinkedIn () is an American business and employment-oriented social networking service used globally.
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