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5 unusual facts about Lars Hinrichs


Bill Liao

He was the first external investor in XING.com, then called openBC.com, which was founded by Lars Hinrichs in Germany in 2003.

Lars Hinrichs

Later in November 2009 Lars Hinrichs sold his stake in XING to Hubert Burda Media.

Lars Hinrichs (born December 18, 1976, Hamburg, Germany) is a German entrepreneur and founder of XING, a worldwide social networking website dedicated mostly to cultivating business contacts.

In 2003 Hinrichs founded the Open Business Club GmbH, today XING AG, where both business people and students or job seekers manage their contacts.

XING

OPEN Business Club AG was founded in August 2003 in Hamburg, Germany as a German limited liability company by Lars Hinrichs.



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