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Company · Media & Entertainment

LinkedIn

Professional networking and career-focused social platform.

Acquired Founded 2002 Sunnyvale USA Media & Entertainment
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Acquired by Microsoft.

Founders

5
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Allen Blue
Co-founder
 E
Eric Ly
Co-founder
 J
Jean-Luc Vaillant
Co-founder
 K
Konstantin Guericke
Co-founder
 R
Reid Hoffman
Co-founder

Where its founders came from

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The companies and labs that produced LinkedIn’s founders.

SocialNet Greylock Partners Apple PayPal

The LinkedIn diaspora

11 companies Open the full tree →

People who worked at or founded LinkedIn and went on to start their own companies.

Lineage of LinkedInLinkedInLinkedInReid HoffmanReid HoffmanSocialNetSocialNetInflection AIInflection AIManas AIManas AIKeith RaboisKeith RaboisOpendoorOpendoorOpenStoreOpenStoreDerianto KusumaDerianto KusumaTravelokaTravelokaDylan FieldDylan FieldFigmaFigmaJay KrepsJay KrepsConfluentConfluentJun RaoJun RaoConfluentConfluentNeha NarkhedeNeha NarkhedeConfluentConfluentSteven GalanisSteven GalanisCameoCameo
The LinkedIn lineage graph — click any node to keep exploring. ↓ CSV↓ JSON
D 1 founded
Traveloka 2012
D 1 founded
Figma 2012
J 1 founded
Confluent 2014
J 1 founded
Confluent 2014
K 2 founded
Opendoor 2014 OpenStore
N 1 founded
Confluent 2014
R 3 founded
SocialNet 1997 Inflection AI 2022 Manas AI
S 1 founded
Cameo 2017

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