LinkedIn’s rapid 14-year growth led to $26.2bn Microsoft deal
by Sean Farrell from Technology | The Guardian on (#1H219)
Business networking site launched in 2003, attracting $53m investment and eventually gaining 433 million members
It took just 14 years for LinkedIn to grow from a brainwave in a tech entrepreneur's living room to a $26.2bn (18.5bn) takeover target.
Reid Hoffman, 48, hatched the idea for LinkedIn from his apartment in December 2002 - shortly after eBay bought online payment service PayPal, where he was CEO.
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