LinkedIn is a social networking website designed for those in professional careers. Created for the business-user in mind, it was founded in December of 2002 and was officially launched in May of 2003. With over 175 million users from across the globe and with different occupations, LinkedIn is meant as a medium in which users professionally network. Available in over 200 languages, LinkedIn is rated as the third largest social networking website, after Facebook and Twitter.
History
The idea of LinkedIn was first thought of by the site's co-founder, Reid Hoffman. A year later in May of 2003, the website went official, and a month later 4,500 members have joined the website.
Reid Hoffman, the prior CEO was previously a Yahoo! executive and with other members such as those from PayPal, Socialnet.com, Electronic Arts, Microsoft and others, the websites grew.
