The social media platform for employment and professional connections, which recently launched in the Hindi language, is now betting big on the creator economy
Group picture of (L to R) Pooja Chhabria, Head of Editorial, LinkedIn APAC, Content & Growth, Ajay Datta, Head of Product, LinkedIn India, Ashutosh Gupta, India Country Manager, Ruchee Anand, Senior Director, Talent & Learning Solutions, LinkedIn India and Daniel Shapero, Chief Operating Officer, LinkedIn at Bangalore office.
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In 2009, when social media platform LinkedIn launched its first office in India, there were only four employees. Back then, Daniel Shapero—who was the then vice president, product, at LinkedIn—was one of the only global leaders to have visited India.
Thirteen years later, along with Ashutosh Gupta, India country manager of LinkedIn, Shapero was cutting a cake celebrating a massive milestone—100 million members in India. Microsoft-owned LinkedIn’s India growth story, particularly in the last couple of years, has been phenomenal.