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Microsoft-LinkedIn

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LinkedIn is a professional networking platform used for professional networking and career development. It is a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation.

We dig behind Microsoft-LinkedIn's stated narrative to unravel the real strategy — the calls that actually shaped it, and why they played out the way they did.

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Industry
Professional networking / social networking service
Founded
2002
Headquarters
Sunnyvale, United States
Ownership
Subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation

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The Adjacency Expansion · Growth & Portfolio
A Nine-Offer Bidding War Pushed LinkedIn to $26.2 Billion; Microsoft Wanted the Graph
Microsoft paid $26.2 billion for LinkedIn in 2016 - a 50% premium over LinkedIn's pre-announcement share price, driven by a nine-offer bidding war against a rival. But the headline number hides the real prize: not the members, the graph behind them.
8 min
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