LinkedIn is the world's largest professional networking platform, designed to connect the business community. Founded in 2002 and launched in 2003, it has grown into a comprehensive economic ecosystem known as the "Economic Graph," with over 1.2 billion registered members globally.
Company facts
| Founded | 2002 (24 years) |
| Market standing | Publicly traded (NYSE: LNKD) |
| Employees | 23,000 |
| Headquarters | Sunnyvale, United States |
| Trusted networks on Proven | 21 investor, bank and government networks offer LinkedIn to their members |
| Member offers on Proven | 6 |
| Member redemption clicks | 361 |
Company facts from Apollo.io company data. Network, offer and redemption data from the Proven platform. A Proven Score is published once publicly named clients are verified with sources.
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Source: Proven platform data, public records and vendor websites. Vendors cannot pay to change a score. Methodology. Updated 2026-10-21.