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Match.com

Match.com

Match.com

1993

01

January

Match.com was founded.

1995

01

January

Match.com went live as a free beta and was first profiled in Wired magazine in the same year.

1996

01

March

Founder Kremen left the company after disagreements with venture capitalists.

1997

01

January

Match.com was purchased by Cendant, who later sold it to IAC in 1999.

2001

01

January

Match.com partnered with AOL and MSN.

2003

01

January

Match.com’s then CEO, Tim Sullivan, expanded Match.com into local dating with a service called MatchLive.