--- title: Tinder: Match Group CEO Sam Yagan Has Never Been on an Online Date description: Sam Yagan, CEO of Match Group (which owns Tinder and Match.com), and cofounder of OkCupid, revealed that he has never had an online date. canonical: https://time.com/3655330/sam-yagan-match-tinder-okcupid-online-dating/ author: Elizabeth Barber article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-06T08:55:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:15:43.124Z og:title: King of Online Dating Has Never Had an Online Date og:description: We're talking a cofounder of OkCupid and the head of Tinder's owning company og:url: https://time.com/3655330/sam-yagan-match-tinder-okcupid-online-dating/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfbae733fb20921ce/6987784d0b72e3fdc16dcf4a/167298064.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2169 og:image:height: 1220 og:image:alt: 2013 Time 100 Gala - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: King of Online Dating Has Never Had an Online Date twitter:description: We're talking a cofounder of OkCupid and the head of Tinder's owning company twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfbae733fb20921ce/6987784d0b72e3fdc16dcf4a/167298064.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # So Online Dating King Sam Yagan Has Never Been on an Online Date > Sponsored content. 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Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 23, 2013 in New York City. Chief Executive Officer of Match Sam Yagan attends the 2013 Time 100 Gala at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 23, 2013 in New York City. Jennifer Graylock—Getty Images by [Elizabeth Barber](https://time.com/author/elizabeth-barber/) ## Elizabeth Barber Jan 6, 2015 8:55 AM UTC Sam Yagan, the CEO of online dating juggernaut Match Group (which owns Tinder and Match.com), and the cofounder of OkCupid, revealed during a [Reddit AMA session](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2rekn1/i%5Fam%5Fsam%5Fyagan%5Fcofounder%5Fof%5Fokcupid%5Fceo%5Fof%5Fmatch/) on Monday that he has never been on an online date. Yagan, who was listed in the 2013 [TIME 100](http://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/sam-yagan/), admitted that the other three co-founders of OkCupid (OkC) had never been on an online date, either. He explained: “We were all dating our future wives when we started OkC. And before that, we were basically in college where online dating wasn’t really pervasive.” Dissatisfied with this answer, one Redditor quipped: “Sounds like a ringing endorsement!” Nonetheless, Yagan reiterated his belief that online dating was “the most effective tool ever created” for finding “affection or companionship.” He also offered guidance to one frustrated Redditor, going by the name “Warlizard,” who wondered why he had yet to find “true love” on an online dating site. Yagan ventured: “Maybe have a more inviting username than ‘warlizard’? :).” The king of the “swipe right” universe declined to confirm if a paid version of Tinder was in the works, nor was he able to satisfy everyone with a question to ask in the limited time available. 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