Justin mateen sean rad biography
Jonathan badeen...
Justin mateen sean rad biography
Sean Rad
American entrepreneur (born 1986)
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.[1][2]
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.[3]
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.[4]
Early life and career
Rad was born in Los Angeles, California to an Iranian Jewish family.
His parents emigrated from Iran in the 1970s.[5][6] He has a large family with 12 uncles and aunts and 42 first cousins.[