Sean Rad
Sean Rad | |
|---|---|
Rad in 2018 | |
| Born | May 22, 1986 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Southern California (dropped out) |
| Known for | Founder of Tinder |
| Board member of | Good Today, AllVoices |
| Spouse |
Lizzie Grover (m. 2018) |
Sean Rad (born May 22, 1986) is an Iranian-American entrepreneur and the Founder of Tinder. Rad launched Tinder in 2012 and by 2015, Tinder was the top grossing app in 99 countries, and in 2017, Tinder became the highest grossing app in Apple's App Store.
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.
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.