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The company ended its first day of trading (under the symbol LNKD) at $94.25 — more than twice the opening price of $45. That valuation easily puts LinkedIn among the 500 largest companies in the U.S.
To get an idea of how big LinkedIn is now, here are some other well-known companies with valuations in the same range:
Tiffany & Co.: $8.9 billion
Red Hat: $8.8 billion
Sirius XM: $8.8 billion
Chipotle: $8.8 billion
Royal Caribbean Cruises: $8.7 billion
Hormel Foods: $8.1 billion
Electronic Arts: $8 billion
Hyatt Hotels: $7.9 billion
Expedia: $7.5 billion
Seagate Technology: $7.1 billion
Tyson Foods: $7 billion
CarMax: $6.8 billion
Hertz Global Holdings: $6.7 billion