LinkedIn Corporation (LNKD)

LinkedIn Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates an online professional network worldwide. The company, through its proprietary platform, allows members to create, manage, and share their professional identity online; build and engage with their professional networks; access shared knowledge and insights; and find business opportunities. It also offers LinkedIn mobile applications across a range of platforms and languages, including iOS for iPhone and iPad, Android, Blackberry, Nokia Asha, and Windows Mobile, and a public website that allows developers to integrate its content and services into their applications. In addition, the company provides talent solutions, including hiring solutions that enable enterprises and professional organizations to find, contact, and hire qualified passive and active candidates; and learning and development solutions, which provide online education courses for professionals to accelerate their careers and realize their potential by learning new skills. Further, it offers marketing solutions that enable enterprises and individuals to advertise to its member base and allow marketers to reach potential customers according to various attributes, such as industry, function, seniority, company size, and others. Additionally, the company provides premium subscription services that are designed for general professionals to manage their professional identity, grow their networks, and connect with talent; LinkedIn Sales Navigator, a social selling solution that provides sales professionals with the ability to find, qualify, and create new opportunities and helps sales management; and LinkedIn Profinder, a platform that connects members to top freelance professionals in their area. LinkedIn Corporation was formerly known as LinkedIn LTD and changed its name to LinkedIn Corporation in January 2005. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Sunnyvale, California, with additional locations across the globe. LinkedIn Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation.