XING is the leading European network for business contacts. Far more than a directory of business contacts, XING makes your professional network an active part of your life, enabling members to discover professional people, opportunities and privileges through its unique discovery capability and advanced contact management tools.
With the successful IPO of XING as the first Web 2.0 company to go public, XING AG has had a long-term impact on the social networking trend amongst professionals. By focusing on the target group ‘business people worldwide’, the company is able to offer tailored features, thereby making networking and contact management simpler. Besides Headquarters in Hamburg, XING AG is also represented with offices in Barcelona, Milan, Istanbul and Beijing.
Milestones
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12/19/08 —
Acquistion of New York-based socialmedian Inc. enables technological jump on integrating business news for the members.
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6/27/08 —
XING introduces Networking for Graduates
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1/08 —
In January 2008, XING AG acquires cember.net, the largest business network in Turkey with over 280,000 members, which marks XING out as the clear market leader providing online networking for business professionals in the Turkish-speaking world.
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11/07 —
In November 2007, XING AG announces that it will be supporting the new OpenSocial APIs developed by Google as part of the first wave of launch partners.
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9/07 —
September 2007: XING AG disposes of its subsidiary First Tuesday AG, Zurich.
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6/13/07 —
On June 13, the AGM decided to change the company name from “OPEN Business Club AG” to “XING AG”.
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6/07 —
June 2007 also saw OPEN Business Club AG acquire a 100% interest in Neurona (www.neurona.com), the largest business network in Spain and Latin America with 835,000 members. The takeover of Neurona enables XING to position itself as the clear market leader
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6/07 —
In June 2007, OPEN Business Club AG announced a comprehensive partnership with Zoom Information Inc. (www.zoominfo.com), a business information search engine.
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5/07 —
In May 2007, the XING “Marketplace” was launched with job listings. The new feature, on which members can post offers to the XING community, matches jobs and the people behind the jobs.
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3/07 —
In March 2007, OPEN Business Club AG acquired the Spanish social business network eConozco with approximately 150,000 members, allowing XING to rapidly expand in the Spanish-speaking market, and to gain access to key Spanish economic centers.
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2006 —
At the beginning of 2006, XING broke through the 1 million member mark. In February, OPEN Business Club GmbH acquired the Swiss company First Tuesday AG, investing in the expansion of its offer to include its own live events. OPEN Business Club AG was the
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2005 —
A further milestone came in 2005 with the introduction of the multilingual platform in 16 languages. A further financing round followed. At the end of 2005, entry into the Chinese market took place in the form of a joint venture.
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2004 —
In a first round of financing, the Business Angels made capital available to finance growth.
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2003 —
XING AG was founded by Lars Hinrichs in August 2003. The platform was launched in one language on November 1, 2003 under the name openBC.
Products
Around the world every day, over 7 million business professionals use XING – the global business network – in 16 languages to do business and promote their career. XING makes networking and professional contact management simple, with made-to-measure networking functions and services. Even more, XING allows you to see how people are connected, which is an excellent tool in generating new contacts of your own.
With the XING Jobs portal, more than 24,000 expert groups and networking events from London to Beijing to New York, XING has evolved from a platform to a web interface for business professionals around the world.
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