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India helps LinkedIn touch 50 million mark in Asia Pacific

New Delhi: Strong growth in userbase in India has helped professional networking site LinkedIn cross the 50 million users milestone in the Asia Pacific region. LinkedIn, which has over 277 million members globally, has more

India TV News Desk Updated on: February 12, 2014 19:07 IST
In Southeast Asia, the number of members jumped more than 50% to exceed nine million.

The top industries represented include IT and services, banking and financial services and telecom, it said.

In India, top industries represented includeare IT and services, financial services, telecom, computer software and pharmaceuticals.

The website counts top executives like Tony Fernandes (Group CEO, AirAsia), Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (Chairman & Managing Director, Biocon) and Nobuyuki Idei (Former Chairman & CEO, Sony) as its members in the APAC region.

"Asia is a growth story. Whether it's expanding professional connections, tapping critical talent or marketing and selling to this influential audience, we're excited to be able to help connect the dots and create economic opportunities for everyone," Krishnan said.

In the APAC region, IBM, HP, Accenture, Google and Tata Consultancy Services were the top companies that members followed.

In India, TCS led the pack followed by IBM, Accenture, HP and Infosys.
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