Lars HinrichsXING
XING AG (named Open Business Club until the end of 2006) is an online social business community founded in August 2003 in Hamburg, Germany, by Lars Hinrichs. The platform was officially launched on November 1, 2003. The company went public on December 7, 2006 with an issue price of €30, raising a total of €35.7 million. XING became the first Web 2.0 company to go public in Europe. Expanding its presence in global professional networking, XING has acquired other business-oriented social networks, including eConozco and Neurona, both based in Spain, and Turkey's cember.net.
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