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Match Group company history timeline

1986

IAC itself was established in 1986 as the Silver King Broadcasting Company.

2006

Finances Revenue for 2006 listed at $311.2 million.

2007

A total of $145.5 million spent on Advertising in 2007.

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2009

Members In Q4 2009, IAC dating sites had 1,377,000 paying subscribers.

2010

In February 2010, Match.com acquired dating site Singlesnet.

Members In Q4 2010, IAC dating sites had 1,789,000 paying subscribers.

2012

In 2012, online dating application Tinder was founded within Hatch Labs, a startup incubator run by parent company IAC. The application allowed users to anonymously swipe to like or dislike other profiles based on their photos, common interests and a small bio.

2013

Quarter 4 revenue from 2013 is $203.9 million.

2014

Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2014 for The Match Group increased 15%. Globally the Match Group had 3.5 million subscribers for the year 2014.

2016

The first time was in 2016 when Match Group opposed the MuzMatch app’s EU trademark registration.

For quarter 4 2016 the Match Group gross revenue was $295 million.

2018

In January 2018, Mandy Ginsberg, formerly the CEO of Match North America, replaced Greg Blatt as CEO of the company.

In June 2018 they had purchased 51% of the app.

In June 2018, Match Group acquired 51% ownership in dating app Hinge.

In July 2018, Match Group launched a Safety Advisory Council comprising a group of experts focused on preventing sexual assault across its portfolio of products.

Match Group’s quarter 4, 2018 exceeded revenue expectations caused their stock to rise 5%.

2019

In February 2019, Match Group fully bought out the company.

Match Group grew its average subscriber base 40.5% to 5.2 million for quarter 2, 2019.

2020

In January 2020, Mandy Ginsberg stepped down as chief executive officer due to personal reasons.

In March 2020, Match Group became the first tech company to support Earn It Act of 2020, a bipartisan bill with the support of President Trump to combat online child sexual exploitation but widely criticized for its predicted negative impact on privacy and computer security.

In September 2020, Match Group joined others companies like Spotify and Epic Games to form the Coalition for App Fairness.

Match Group saw strong first-time subscriber growth in 2020.

2021

Also in February 2021, Match Group took legal action against dating app Muzmatch, the online Muslim dating app, calling the app a "Tinder Clone".

Match Group shared its first quarter 2021 earnings: Match Group’s stock rose after details of its first quarter earnings report were announced.

Expects revenue of $2.75 billion to $2.85 billion for 2021<./li>

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