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| Formerly | Lynda.com (1995-2017) |
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | E-learning |
| Founded | 1995 |
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| Owner | Microsoft |
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| Website | www |
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LinkedIn Learning is an American online learning platform. It provides video courses taught by industry experts in software, creative, and business skills. It is a subsidiary of LinkedIn. All the courses on LinkedIn fall into four categories: Business, Creative, Technology, and Certifications.
It was founded in 1995 by Lynda Weinman as Lynda.com before being acquired by LinkedIn in 2015 and becoming LinkedIn Learning.[2] Microsoft acquired LinkedIn in December 2016.[3]
- ^ "Lynda.com Lands $103 Million in Biggest Education Financing". Bloomberg. 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
- ^ Larson, Selena (2013-12-03). "Lynda.com Founder: I Was Educating Online Before Online Education Was Cool". ReadWrite. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
- ^ "LinkedIn CEO: Here's Why I Sold the Company to Microsoft". Time.com.