Xing - History

History

  • OPEN Business Club AG was founded in August 2003 in Hamburg, Germany as a German limited liability company by Lars Hinrichs. The platform was officially launched on 1 November 2003. It was renamed from OpenBC to XING on 17 November 2006.
  • It gained much attention in German media and is widely used as a business network in German-speaking countries (DACH Region). Membership from other countries throughout Europe and the Far East helped the network platform grow to more than 1.5 million members in July 2006.
  • In March 2007, XING purchased the Spanish social networking business eConozco and intends to merge its members into Xing over the next 12 months.
  • In June 2007, XING purchased the Spanish social networking business Neurona. Neurona users were migrated to Xing on 31 March 2008.
  • In January 2008, XING purchased the Turkish social networking business Cember. Cember.net users were migrated to Xing on 26 July 2008.
  • In October 2012 the german publisher makes a price of 44 € for a squeeze out.

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