LinkedIn Names Dipchand Nishar as Vice President of Products
Mountain View, CA — December 11, 2008 — LinkedIn Corporation, the world’s largest professional network, today announced the appointment of former Google executive, Dipchand ‘Deep’ Nishar, as Vice President of Products. Nishar will join LinkedIn in January and he will be responsible for overall execution of LinkedIn’s product vision globally. Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn Chairman and current President of Products will continue at LinkedIn in a full-time position as Chairman of the company, focused on future strategic direction.
“Currently more than half of LinkedIn’s 32 million members are located outside of the United States,” Reid Hoffman, Founder, Chairman and President of LinkedIn. "Deep's understanding of the global consumer Internet will help us build out LinkedIn as the platform by which professionals find information, network with connections and get business done." Nishar joins LinkedIn from Google where he held a variety of roles during his six year term. Most recently, he served as Senior Director of Product Management with responsibility for product development in the Asia-Pacific region. Nishar also built and managed Google’s mobile business worldwide and played a major part in developing the automation infrastructure for Google’s monetization platform. He was a recipient of a Google Founders Award, the highest employee award given to those who have made extraordinary contributions to the company and has co-authored 3 U.S. patents.
“LinkedIn continues to become more relevant as a communication and decision-making tool for professionals and businesses worldwide,” said Deep Nishar. “I look forward to helping the innovation process at LinkedIn and bringing even more professional utility to LinkedIn members.”
LinkedIn is the Internet’s premier professional network, where over 32 million professionals find customers, jobs, employees, investors, business partners, service providers, industry experts and opportunities through their network of professional relationships. With over 32 million members, the LinkedIn network is currently growing at a rate of 1 new member joining each second.
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LinkedIn takes your personal business network online, giving you access to people, jobs and opportunities like never before. Built upon trusted connections and relationships, LinkedIn has established the world’s largest and most powerful business network. Currently, over 32 million professionals are on LinkedIn, representing all five hundred of the Fortune 500 companies, as well as a wide range of household names in technology, financial services, media, consumer packaged goods, entertainment, fashion, and numerous other industries. LinkedIn is backed by world-class investors including Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners, the European Founders Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures and now Goldman Sachs, The McGraw-Hill Companies, and SAP Ventures.