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24 amazing things you didn’t know about LinkedIn

LinkedIn's success story
It was founded by a team of former colleagues
Reid Hoffman has also led investments in Facebook, Air Bnb and Zynga
In its first week, it had just 2,708 members
It now has 433 million users across the world
At least two people now join LinkedIn every second
Around 41% of millionaires use LinkedIn
One of its first offices was on the third floor of this building
And its largest office now looks like this
YouTube was established in the same building as LinkedIn
Every year LinkedIn plays an April Fool’s joke on its members
Every November, LinkedIn holds a “Bring In Your Parents To Work Day”
Its CEO is now Jeff Weiner
LinkedIn owns dozens of companies
Every employee was given an iPad mini in 2012 for successful earnings
You can increase your LinkedIn views by eleven-fold just by uploading a photo
One in three professionals on the planet are on LinkedIn
There are slightly more men using LinkedIn than women
The hottest skill on LinkedIn that people got hired for in 2014 was ‘statistical analysis data mining’
The average number of connections that CEOs have is around 930
The most overused words on LinkedIn are ‘motivated’, ‘creative’ and ‘enthusiastic’
25 million LinkedIn profiles are viewed every day
A LinkedIn user is worth $93
Reid Hoffman also writes his own books
Very rich indeed
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LinkedIn's success story

LinkedIn, the world’s largest social network for professionals, has announced it will be acquired by Microsoft for $26.2 billion (£18.5 billion) – one of the biggest technology deals in history. To mark this, we reveal some of the most incredible facts about LinkedIn you’ve probably never heard before.
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13 June 2016

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