Attention · platformpartly verified
Professional network, Microsoft owned · San Francisco Bay Area
- Founded
- 2003
- Entered
- 2005
- Placed at
- 2005: founded 2003, before the timeline start; shown from 2005
- Status 2026
- Active
- Metro
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Embeddedness
- 1 connections
- Confidence
- partial · strongest source primary or company
Method
Reid Hoffman founds LinkedIn in December 2002 and launches it in May 2003 from Mountain View, later Sunnyvale. Microsoft buys it in December 2016 for 26.2 billion dollars. LinkedIn courts creators with Creator Mode in 2021 and a Creator Accelerator paying 15,000 dollar grants, then removes Creator Mode in 2024 without ever launching an ad revenue share, so business creators monetize through newsletters, courses and sponsorships off platform. In June 2026 LinkedIn launches a creator marketplace connecting businesses with professional topic creators. The grant program details are not confirmed in a retrieved source and unconfirmed.
Open questions: The Creator Accelerator 15,000 dollar grant program is not confirmed in any retrieved primary or trade source.
People: Reid Hoffman
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The path: money and goods moving
- acquired byMicrosoftMicrosoft acquires LinkedIn for 26.2 billion dollars, closing on December 8, 2016.2016
Sources (primary or company): en.wikipedia.org · news.linkedin.com · techcrunch.com · mediapost.com · socialmediatoday.com