LinkedIn announces power profiles 2018

The world’s largest professional network, LinkedIn, is unveiling its fifth edition of India’s Power Profiles 2018.

The annual list is a showcase of the ‘most-viewed’ professionals in India across eight categories including Technology, CEOs, Finance, LinkedIn Influencers, Internet, Human Resources, Marketing & Advertising, and a newly introduced ‘Social Impact’ category. These top 73 professionals are industry experts with a strong voice, who shape trends of tomorrow, and have grown to become influential professional brands and opinion leaders, the company said in a statement.

The Power Profiles that have been dominating the list year-on-year are Prime Minister Narendra Modi (LinkedIn Influencer); Bollywood superstar Priyanka Chopra (LinkedIn Influencer), Founder of Paytm Vijay Shekar Sharma (Internet); VP, Xiaomi and MD, Xiaomi India Manu Kumar Jain (CEOs) among others.

This year, the ‘CEOs’, ‘Internet’, and ‘Technology’ categories feature new names such as CEO and Co-Founder at Flipkart, Binny Bansal (CEOs); Country Manager for H&M India, Janne Einola (CEOs); CEO at Myntra and Jabong, Ananth Narayanan (CEOs); and Co-Founder & CEO at Nearbuy.com Ankur Warikoo (Internet).