LinkedIn is owned by Microsoft (the United States, NASDAQ: MSFT), which acquired the brand on 8 December 2016 for $26.2 billion.[1][2] LinkedIn was founded in 2003 in Mountain View, California and was independent until 2016.
Evidence: Microsoft Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-07-29, SEC EDGAR, 29 July 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
LinkedIn was founded in 2003 in a living room and became the default professional network, valuable less for social activity than for recruitment and sales data. Microsoft acquired it in 2016 for $26.2 billion, its largest purchase until Activision Blizzard.
Sentences about LinkedIn from Microsoft's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Providing training on generative AI and greater access to digital learning and resources through skilling programs and initiatives, grants, and LinkedIn learning pathways.
In addition to LinkedIn's free services, LinkedIn offers monetized solutions designed to offer AI-enabled insights and productivity: Talent Solutions, Marketing Solutions, Premium Subscriptions, and Sales Solutions.
Growth will depend on our ability to increase LinkedIn member engagement on the platform and our ability to continue offering insight and AI-enabled services that provide value for our members and customers.
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
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Microsoft controls 15 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in internet & digital.
The 19 brands in social networks on Brandtree belong to 14 owners. The largest is Meta, with 3.
Microsoft is a publicly listed company headquartered in Redmond, Washington, United States, founded in 1975. Brandtree records 15 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: MSFT.
Microsoft was founded in 1975 writing a BASIC interpreter for an early hobbyist computer and became dominant by licensing an operating system to every PC maker rather than building the machines. It has since bought several of the largest consumer internet properties, including the biggest acquisition in the history of video games.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; LinkedIn is not one of them.
Microsoft acquired LinkedIn for $196 per share in cash, valuing it at about $26.2 billion. It was the largest acquisition in Microsoft history until Activision Blizzard.
The parent company of LinkedIn is Microsoft, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Yes. LinkedIn originated in the United States in 2003 and its owner, Microsoft, is also headquartered in the United States.
Microsoft completed its acquisition of LinkedIn on 8 December 2016, after announcing the deal on 13 June 2016. The deal was valued at $26.2 billion (enterprise value).
LinkedIn was an independent company from its founding in 2003 in Mountain View, California until Microsoft acquired it in 2016.
Yes. As of 10 October 2026, LinkedIn is still owned by Microsoft. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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