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Recruitment tools, advertising and paid subscriptions generate revenue.

Microsoft Corporation: USD 331.84 billion revenue in the year ended 2026-06-30. Net income: USD 133.75 billion. Group/company figures.

40.31% net margin for the year ended 2026-06-30: reported net income divided by revenue.

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT), 2026-10-16 snapshot: USD 529.05 per share. Market capitalisation: USD 3.93T.

Recruitment tools, advertising and Premium monetise both businesses seeking talent and individuals seeking an advantage.

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  The Vanguard Group

  An investment-management group. This is a historical aggregate disclosure; its 2026 internal realignment/disaggregation prevents treating the old aggregate as a current holding.

  Equity percentage

  8.95%

  Disclosure as of

  30 September 2025

  Historical 2025 proxy aggregate; based on a February 2024 filing, not a current 2026 ownership estimate.

  Sources (1)

  • Microsoft Corporation — dated ownership disclosurePrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
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  BlackRock

  An investment-management group reporting voting or investment authority over shares held through managed portfolios. The position is not all the manager’s own economic wealth.

  Equity percentage

  7.3%

  Disclosure as of

  30 September 2025

  2025 proxy table based on a February 2024 disclosure; not a live position.

  Sources (1)

  • Microsoft Corporation — dated ownership disclosurePrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026

AI helps with job matching, profile suggestions and drafting. Premium’s Top applicant feature compares profiles with roles and other candidate signals.

LinkedIn, part of Microsoft, builds its professional matching and AI products around profile and recruitment data.

LinkedIn describes profile, contact, connection, activity, device and other data and inferences, including AI-model development under applicable settings and regional terms. Profile visibility, advertising preferences and generative-AI improvement controls are different choices.

Recruiters and employers make hiring decisions; LinkedIn supplies discovery and assistance. Profile claims and drafted applications still come from members.

Set job preferences and profile visibility, manage alerts and decide whether a Premium feature is useful for your actual search.

15/25 points

LinkedIn connects professional identity with discovery, recruitment and advertising. A completed profile or recommendation is not independent verification of credentials. Its policy explicitly includes AI development, so a professional context should not be mistaken for confidential workplace storage.

10/25 points

LinkedIn describes profile, contact, connection, activity, device and other data and inferences, including AI-model development under applicable settings and regional terms. Profile visibility, advertising preferences and generative-AI improvement controls are different choices.

15/25 points

Members supply career claims and business advice. Practical experience, supporting examples and checkable credentials give those contributions substance.

20/25 points

Set job preferences and profile visibility, manage alerts and decide whether a Premium feature is useful for your actual search.

Comparison priority: practical professional outcomes—relevant contacts, applications and reliable information—rather than profile-view activity alone.

A recruiter message, profile view or useful opportunity rewards returning. Post reactions add a public measure of professional visibility.

Job alerts, profile-view notices, connection requests and messages keep career possibilities active in the background.

Saved jobs, Easy Apply and suggested contacts reduce the effort of taking another career action.

Job titles, mutual connections, endorsements and public achievements make professional comparison part of browsing.

An opening might close; a recruiter might move on. Profile-view prompts make an unseen opportunity feel just out of reach of the free account.