LinkedIn is a social network that specializes in the development and management of contacts in a professional context. In addition to personal profiles, the social network also offers profiles for companies / employers, a job exchange and interest organizations such as groups and events. Members communicate with each other via feed messages, group posts, blog posts and direct messaging.
Linkedin was founded in 2002 in Mountain View (California) by Reid Hoffman, Allen Blue, Konstantin Guericke, Eric Ly and Jean-Luc Vaillant, went public in 2011 and was acquired by Microsoft in 2016.