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International LinkedIn offices are located in Amsterdam, Bangalore, Delhi, Dublin, Hong Kong, London, Madrid, Melbourne, Milan, Mumbai, Munich, Paris, Perth, S\u00e3o Paulo, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney, Tokyo and Toronto.<\/li>\n<li>The company\u2019s management team is comprised of seasoned executives from companies like Yahoo!, Google, Microsoft, TiVo, PayPal and Electronic Arts. The CEO of LinkedIn is Jeff Weiner.<\/li>\n<li>LinkedIn is currently available in\u00a0seventeen languages: English, Czech, Dutch, French, German,\u00a0Indonesian,\u00a0Italian, Japanese, Korean,\u00a0Malay,\u00a0Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish.<\/li>\n<li>As of March 31, 2012, LinkedIn has 2,447 full-time employees located around the world. 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