Sean Rad
American entrepreneur; co-founder of Tinder / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sean Rad (born May 22, 1986) is an American entrepreneur and co-founder of the dating app Tinder.[1][2] Rad launched Tinder in 2012 and by 2014 the company was recording one billion "swipes" a day.[3]
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Born | (1986-05-22) May 22, 1986 (age 38) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Education | University of Southern California (dropped out) |
Known for | Co-founder of Tinder |
Board member of | Good Today, AllVoices |
Spouse | Lizzie Grover (m. 2018) |
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Rad holds 15 patents for his work, including the patent for Tinder's "double opt-in" system, in which users must match before they can exchange messages.[4]
In 2017, Rad left Tinder over a valuation dispute with Tinder's parent company, IAC/Match Group. In 2018, Rad and Tinder's founding team filed a $2 billion dollar lawsuit against IAC. In 2022, the lawsuit was settled for $441 million dollars.[5]