In what year did LinkedIn acquire SlideShare?

LinkedIn acquired SlideShare in 2012. The companies announced the deal on May 3, 2012, in a transaction reported at approximately $119 million. SlideShare was known for letting users upload, share, and discover presentation slides and other professional documents online.

The acquisition expanded LinkedIn beyond profiles, networking, and job listings. Presentations gave professionals another way to demonstrate expertise, explain ideas, and distribute business or educational material. For LinkedIn, SlideShare's content also fit naturally with its focus on professional identity and knowledge sharing.

SlideShare had launched in 2006 and was co-founded by Rashmi Sinha, Jonathan Boutelle, and Amit Ranjan. It originally focused on business presentations but grew into a much broader platform. The deal is sometimes confused with LinkedIn's later acquisition of Lynda.com, announced in 2015. LinkedIn eventually sold SlideShare to Scribd in 2020.