Dating industry leaders: founders and chief executives

Founders, chief executives and senior leaders of dating apps, matchmakers and the businesses that serve them, with their current roles.

• Abhinav Gandhi, Founder & CEO, WedKnott
• Able Joseph, Founder & CEO, Aisle
• Adam Cohen Aslatei, CEO, Three Day Rule
• Adam Medros, CEO, Spark Networks
• Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagram, Meta
• AJ Balance, Chief Product Officer, Grindr
• Alex Botteri, Founder, After5.pm
• Alex Durrant, Co-founder and CEO, Jigsaw Dating
• Alex Feldman, Founder & CEO, Veggly
• Alex Kulakov, Founder & CEO, Skadate
• Alexa Child, Co-founder and co-CEO, Dateability
• Alexis Ohanian, Founder, Seven Seven Six, Seven Seven Six
• Alisdair Anderson, Commercial Director, FlirtFinder
• Allen Wang, Co-founder and CEO, Ditto
• Amanda Bradford, Founder, Match Group
• Amy Andersen, Founder, Linx Dating
• An Nayal, Founder and CEO, Flamme (acquired by Arya)
• Ana Kirova, CEO, Feeld
• Andrea McGinty, Founder, It's Just Lunch
• Andrew Parker-Dennis, Managing Director, Dating Options
• Andrew Sever, Co-Founder & CEO, Sumsub
• Andrew Steele, Founder
• Andrey Andreev, Founder
• Andrey Burin, Co-Founder, Flure
• Anirban Banerjee, Interim CEO and Co-founder, Flutrr
• Ankit Santra, Chief Marketing Officer, Flutrr
• Ann Mather, Board Chair, Bumble
• Ann McDaniel, Board Director, Match Group
• Anna Rowe, Co-founder, LoveSaid
• Antoine Argouges, Co-Founder & CEO, Bumble
• Anupam Mittal, Founder & CEO, Shaadi.com
• Ariel Charytan, CEO, Match Group
• Arum Kang, Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Social Discovery Group
• Asher Allen, Co-founder, Known
• Astrid Beaufils, Founder, Dixner
• Austin Kevitch, Founder & CEO, Lox Club
• Balazs Alexa, Co-Founder & CEO, DateMySchool
• Ben Celebicic, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Hinge
• Benjamin Cooper, Director of Consumer Content, Grindr
• Bernard Kim, Former CEO, Match Group
• Bethenny Frankel, Founder, The Core
• Blake Gallagher, CEO
• Brandon Wade, Co-CEO, Seeking
• Brittany LeComte, Co-Founder, Noonlight
• Brittnee Barnes, CEO, Vybes
• Bryan Johnson, Founder, Braintree
• Callie Chamberlain, Founder, Lamu
• Cameron Dallas, Co-founder, IRLY
• Caroline Dell, Co-founder and CEO, Goodword
• Carsten Böltz, Chief Executive Officer, Online Personals Group
• Celeste Amadon, Founder & CEO, Known
• Chad Cohen, Board Director & Audit Committee Chair, Grindr
• Chandni Gaglani, Executive Vice President and Head, Aisle
• Charlotte Werba, Founder and president, CrushParty
• Charly Lester, Co-Founder, Bumble
• Cheryl Maida, Professional matchmaker; Director of Matchmaking at Matchmaking.com (2025 press); CEO and founder of The Black Tie Club, Cheryl Maida, LLC Professional Matchmaker
• Chine Mmegwa, Head of Strategy, Corporate Development, and Business Operations, Match Group
• Christian Henschel, Co-Founder, Adjust
• Christiana Maxion, founder
• Christof Wittig, Co-Founder & CEO, Hornet
• Christopher Alesich, CEO and Founder, Sister Wives
• Cindy Lim, Head of Brand, Yuzu (as of 2024)
• Claire Rénier, Head of Communications
• Connor Rose, Co-founder, IRLY
• Daniel Gendelman, Founder & CEO, Raya
• Darrell Cavens, Board Director, Match Group
• David Harrison, Founder and developer, Ember
• David Khalil, Co-Founder, Spark Networks
• David Minns, Founder, Greed Dating
• David Simonarson, CEO & Co-Founder, Smitten
• David Vermeulen, Co-Founder & CEO, Inner Circle
• Dawoon Kang, Co-Founder, Social Discovery Group
• Dennie Smith, founder
• Derek Chadwick, Founder
• Derek Lee, CEO & Co-Founder, Boo
• Dimitri Kloper, Co-Founder & CEO, Taimi
• Dimo Trifonov, Founder, Feeld
• Dmitry Volkov, Co-Founder, Social Discovery Group
• Dmytro Kovalenko, Co-Founder & CEO, Hily
• Dr Alexandra Foglia, Director of Family Programs
• Dylan Morris-Jones, Founder, Pacer
• Edward Chen, Founder & CEO, HUD
• Eric Kim, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Goodwater Capital
• Eric Liu, Co-founder, Ditto
• Eric Silverberg, Co-Founder & CEO, Perry Street Software
• Faye Iosotaluno, Former CEO, Match Group
• Friedrich Schwandt, Co-Founder & CEO, Statista
• Gareth Mandel, COO & Managing Director, ParshipMeet Group
• Gary Swidler, Former President, Match Group
• Geng Le, Founder & CEO, Newborn Town
• Geoff Cook, Co-Founder, The Meet Group, ParshipMeet Group
• George Arison, CEO, Grindr
• George Kidd, Former CEO, ODDA
• George Rawlings, Co-Founder & CEO, Thursday
• Glenn Martens, creative director
• Glenn Schiffman, Board Director, Match Group
• Grant Langston, Former CEO, ParshipMeet Group
• Haleh Gianni, Founder, Ailo
• Hamit Shala, Founder, Dua.com
• Hillary Paine, Vice president of product, Tinder
• Himanshu Batra, Founder
• Ian Medcalf, CEO and Co-founder, Greenhalo
• Ines Pons, Marketing director, Tinder
• Isabella Epstein, Founder, Kndrd
• J. Michael Gearon Jr., Lead Independent Director, Grindr
• Jackie Jantos, Chief Executive Officer, Match Group
• Jacob Eiting, Co-Founder & CEO, RevenueCat
• Jacqueline Child, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Dateability
• Jake Kozloski, Founder and CEO, Keeper
• Jake Vygnan, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, Appflame
• James Krellenstein, Founder and CEO, Freddie
• Jamie Johnston, CEO & Co-Founder, Mattr
• Jasveer Singh, Co-Founder & CEO, Knot.dating
• Jay Gould, Co-Founder & CEO, YourMove.ai
• Jean Meyer, Co-Founder & CEO, Dating.com Group
• Jessica Alderson, Co-Founder & CEO, So Syncd
• Jessica Dees, Head of Trust and Safety, Tea
• Jimmy Sun, Head of Marketing, WooPlus
• Jo Mason, founder
• Joana Almeida, Founder, Eight
• Jocelyn Penque, founder
• Joe Shapira, Co-founder of JDate; former Chairman and CEO of Matchnet, Spark Networks
• John Hegeman, Co-CEO and co-founder, Ithaca Holdings
• John North, Chief Financial Officer, Grindr
• Jonathan Kirkland, Head of Marketing & Brand, BLK, Match Group
• Joris van Doorninck, CEO & Co-Founder, Breeze
• Julie Griggs, Co-Founder, Fourplay
• Justin Davis, Co-Founder & CEO, Spectrum Labs
• Justin McLeod, Founder & CEO, Overtone
• Justin Zinck, Chief Financial Officer, ParshipMeet Group
• Kacie Burns, Founder, We Met In Real Life
• Karandeep Anand, Chief technology officer, The Walt Disney Company
• Karima Ben Abdelmalek, CEO & President, Hello Group
• Kathryn Kosmides, Founder & CEO, Garbo
• Kaushik Banerjee, Co-Founder & CEO, Flutrr
• Kazuki Nishijima, Founder, MeetMeetNow
• Kell Rakowski, Founder, 9count
• Kendra Scott, Founder, Executive Chairwoman and Chief Visionary Officer, Kendra Scott
• Kenneth Shaw, Co-Founder & CEO, Tawkify
• Kevin Battista, Founder and CEO, Stoke
• Kevin Cook, Chief Financial Officer, Bumble
• Kevin Guo, Co-Founder & CEO, Hive Moderation
• Keyan Kazemian, Co-Founder & CEO, 222
• Khalil Jessa, Founder & CEO, Salaam Swipe
• Kim Kaplan, Founder & CEO, Volar
• KJ Dhaliwal, Founder & CEO, CERCA
• Kristina Swift, Co-founder and CEO, Like Love
• Kyle Brennan, President, Feeld
• Laura Matter, founder
• Lee Mullen, Founder, TUGG
• Lidiane Jones, Former CEO, Bumble
• Linda Kim, Former CEO, Hyperconnect, Hyperconnect (Match Group)
• Liubomyr Pivtorak, Chief product officer, Hily
• Logan Ury, Director of Relationship Science, Hinge
• Lorraine Adams, Founder, Club Introductions
• Louis Tremolieres, Co-Founder, Fruitz (acquired by Bumble), Bumble
• Lucie Le Cadre, Managing director, Crush Party SAS
• Lucille McCart, Head of Communications, Overtone
• Luka Dremelj, Chief Executive Officer, PURE
• Malgosia Green, CEO, Match Group
• Marc Andreessen, Co-Founder & General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
• Marc Schachtel, Former CEO, ParshipMeet Group
• Maria Agapova, CEO, Dating.com Group
• Marina Anderson, Co-Founder, RAW
• Mark Brooks, Founder & Editor, Online Personals Watch
• Mark Kantor, Chief Product Officer, Tinder
• Markus Frind, Founder, Plenty of Fish
• Martin Hu, Co-Founder & CEO, Ditto
• Mary Richardson, CEO & Co-Founder, Bindr
• Matthew Gain, Chief Executive Officer, ParshipMeet Group
• Mayumi Sato, Chief Marketing Officer, Ysos
• Melissa Hobley, Chief Marketing Officer, Tinder
• Michael Affronti, Former Chief Product Officer, Bumble
• Michael Cluzel, co-founder
• Michael Kaye, director of brand marketing and communications
• Michael O'Sullivan, Founder & CEO, HubPeople
• Michelle Parsons, Founder and CEO, Lora
• Mike Parker, Founder, Dating Options
• Mike Pinsky, Co-Founder & COO, Boo
• Mike Sherrill, co-founder
• Misha Malik, Co-founder, WedKnott
• Monica Earle, Global Head of Communications
• Murugavel Janakiraman, Founder & CEO, Matrimony.com
• Mysonne Spears, Founder, MirrorMe
• Nadav Melnick, Chief Product Officer, Rakuten Viber
• Nathan Richardson, Board Director, Grindr
• Neil Shah, Chief Business Officer, Bumble
• Nick Saris, Founder & CEO, DuoDate
• Nicky Wake, Founder, Chapter 2 Dating Ltd
• Nicole Lee, Founder, Teaser AI
• Nicole Metzger, Chief Revenue Officer
• Ninis Samuel, Founder, Nuzzl
• Normunds Petrovs, Founder, Meet Me at The Bar
• Offer Yehudai, CEO and co-founder, Arya
• Oliver Griffiths, Group Director of Online Safety
• Oliver Yeh, Co-Founder & CEO, Sensor Tower
• Oskar Levin, Chief information security officer, Omi (MatchUp UK Ltd)
• Pamela Seymon, Director (departing), Match Group
• Paolo Lorenzoni, Vice President of Marketing, EMEA, Tinder
• Patrick Collison, Co-Founder & CEO, Stripe
• Paul Keable, Chief Strategy Officer, Ashley Madison
• Pawan Gupta, Co-Founder & CEO, Betterhalf.ai
• Penny Chen, Co-founder and head of marketing, Yeet
• Phil Ruthven, Founder, IBISWorld
• Pieter Reuse, CEO, BeeDee
• Pratik Gauri, Founder and CEO, 5ire
• Quincy Yang, CEO, US & Canada, Social Discovery Group
• Rachel Tee, Head of Trust & Safety
• Raina Moskowitz, CEO, The Knot Worldwide, The Knot Worldwide
• Rakesh Naidu, Founder, Fate
• Ravi Gupta, Co-CEO and co-founder, Ithaca Holdings
• Ravi Mittal, Founder & CEO, QuackQuack
• Ray Zage, Director and major shareholder, Grindr
• Rick Song, Co-Founder & CEO, Persona
• Rob Curtis, Former Managing Director, Gaydar
• Rob Long, CEO
• Robert Prigge, CEO, Jumio
• Robin Tombs, Co-Founder & CEO, Yoti
• Robyn Exton, Founder & CEO, Match Group
• Romain Nibourel, Managing director, Crush Party SAS
• Ross Williams, Founder & Former Chairman, Venntro Media Group
• Sachin J. Bavishi, Board Director, Bumble
• Sam Altman, OpenAI chief
• Sam Yagan, Co-founder and Managing Director, Corazon Capital
• Sarah Fronckevic, Chief marketing officer, Breeze
• Sean Edgett, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary, Match Group
• Sergey Sigitov, CEO, Harmonizer
• Shahzad Younas, Founder & CEO, Muzz
• Shani Dhanda, Founder, Table for Six
• Sharmistha Dubey, Departing director, Match Group; former chief executive, Match Group
• Shervin Talieh, Co-Founder & CEO, PartnerHero
• Shigeru Ishizaka, Representative Director and Chairman, IBJ, Inc.
• Shn Juay, CEO, International, Social Discovery Group
• Sigurd Vedal, Founder & CEO, VedalMedia; founder of Victoria Milan
• Simon Corbett, CEO, Global Dating Insights
• Simon Newman, Chief Executive Officer, ODDA
• Snehil Khanor, Co-Founder & CEO, TrulyMadly
• Soo Kang, Co-founder, Coffee Meets Bagel
• Spencer Rascoff, CEO, Match Group
• Stan Kos, Founder & CEO, YouMatch
• Steve Pammenter, Owner & Managing Director, Gaydar
• Steve Schwarzman, Co-Founder & CEO, Blackstone
• Sunny Khurana, CEO
• Talia Goldstein, Founder & CEO, Three Day Rule
• Tamika Young, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, Match Group
• Tariq Shaukat, President, Bumble
• Taru Kapoor, Founder, Rivet
• Teddy Truchot, Co-Founder, Blackdivine (Gleeden)
• Thomas J. McInerney, Chairman of the Board, Match Group
• Thomas Kuschel, co-founder
• Tim Schiffers, Former CEO, ParshipMeet Group
• Tim Sullivan, Board Director, Match Group
• Tobias Kormind, co-founder
• Tom Doyal, Founder, WPDating
• Tracey Breeden, Head of Safety & Social Advocacy, Match Group
• Tristan Pineiro, Chief Marketing Officer, Grindr
• Valon Asani, Founder & CEO, Dua.com
• Vidya Madhavan, Founder & CEO, Schmooze
• Viktor Karpenko, Co-Founder & CEO, Qonversion
• Vinay Kuruvila, Chief Technology Officer, Tinder (Match Group)
• Violet Lim, CEO & Co-Founder, Lunch Actually
• Vitaly Davydov, Co-Founder & CEO, Adapty
• Vivek Sagi, Chief Product & Technology Officer, Bumble
• Whitney Wolfe Herd, Founder & CEO, Bumble
• Yan Tang, Co-Founder & CEO, Hello Group
• Zaahirah Adam, Founder & CEO, hati
• Zac Katz, Chief Legal Officer & Head of Global Affairs, Grindr
• Zachary Zelen, Co-Founder & CEO, Rizz
• Zackary Bhafti, Co-Founder & CEO, Iris Dating
• Zackary Lewis, Founder and CEO, Unpack'd Technologies
• Zeng Xinxun, Founder and CEO, Liangpei Technology
• Zia Hayat, Founder & CEO, Callsign