how much money is linkedin making from its venture?

theRiddler: how much money is linkedin making from its venture?
is the ad revenue from google and other partners enough to make linkedin an attractive venture?

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Answer by Sri
Exact numbers won’t come by since its privately held… However, within the past four years, LinkedIn Corp. has grown into a profitable company with eight-figure revenue by targeting business professionals as a niche in the social networking scene. Within the next four years, the company sees itself becoming more valuable than billion-dollar revenue generator Monster Worldwide Inc.