LinkedIn Names Michael Callahan as New General Counsel
July 21 2014 - 7:11PM
LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network with more than
300 million members, today named Michael Callahan as its new vice
president, general counsel and secretary. He will officially join
the company on July 28th. He will report to CEO Jeff Weiner and be
a member of LinkedIn's executive staff.
Callahan served most recently as the Chief Legal Officer at
Auction.com, the nation's leading online real estate marketplace,
where he oversaw the company's legal, regulatory, intellectual
property, government relations, compliance, ethics, and corporate
governance matters. Previously, he was Executive Vice President,
General Counsel, and Secretary at Yahoo!. Callahan holds a B.S.
from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and received
his J.D. from the University of Connecticut.
"I have had the privilege of knowing Mike for more than a
decade. He is one of the best legal minds in our industry, as well
as a proven leader of world class legal teams," said LinkedIn CEO
Jeff Weiner. "Mike is the ideal choice to serve as our general
counsel and help us achieve our vision to create economic
opportunity for every member of the global workforce."
"I've long admired LinkedIn for its ability to enable economic
opportunity for people around the world, and I have tremendous
respect for the entire executive team at the company," said
Callahan. "I'm honored to have the opportunity to lead a strong and
deep team at LinkedIn and continue to scale the
function."
Callahan will replace Erika Rottenberg, who announced earlier
this year that she would be leaving the company. Rottenberg has
served as LinkedIn's general counsel since 2008.
"Over the last six years, Erika has built an outstanding
global legal team that has successfully navigated a number of the
most challenging issues facing Internet companies today, while
always prioritizing our members first," continued Weiner. "She has
also been a tireless advocate for our company culture and values,
and we wish her the best as she takes some well-deserved time off
before pursuing the next play in her career."
About LinkedIn
Founded in 2003, LinkedIn connects the world's professionals to
make them more productive and successful. With more than 300
million members worldwide, including executives from every Fortune
500 company, LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network
on the Internet. The company has a diversified business model with
revenue coming from Talent Solutions, Marketing Solutions and
Premium Subscriptions products. Headquartered in Silicon Valley,
LinkedIn has offices across the globe.
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