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Sam Yagan (born April 10, 1977) is an American Internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of OkCupid. In 2013, he was named to TIME Magazine's '100 Most Influential People in the World' list. He is the Vice-Chairman of the e-dating site Match.com.
May 8, 2024 · Sam Yagan (born 1977, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) is an American entrepreneur who cofounded several technology start-up companies, notably OkCupid (2003), an online dating site. Yagan was the son of Syrian immigrants who had settled in the Chicago area.
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Sam Yagan and his cofounders took the concept of CliffsNotes and put it online. SparkNotes was born, and grew fast with an ad-supported platform. You had to run with an advertising model in those ...
Jul 13, 2016 · Published on Jul. 13, 2016. Pennsylvania-based shopping service ShopRunner announced on Tuesday it has brought on Chicago tech heavyweight Sam Yagan as its new CEO. Yagan will take over the reins from Scott Thompson, who has led ShopRunner since 2012. “Scott and the entire ShopRunner team have worked magic in building the base of this ...
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Yagan was sentenced to death, but he was saved by the intercession of settler Robert Lyon. Arguing that Yagan was defending his land against invasion, Lyon said Yagan should not be considered a criminal but a prisoner of war and suggested he should be treated as such.
Sam Yagan serves as Co-Founder and Managing Director of Corazon Capital, an early stage. venture capital firm. He recently served as the Chief Executive Officer of ShopRunner, Inc., which provides its millions of members with free two-day shipping and seamless checkout at. over 100 leading online retailers; in 2020, he led the sale of ...
Feb 3, 2014 · Sam Yagan is the CEO of Match.com and a co-founder of OKCupid, which Match acquired in 2011. Now part of IAC, the company operates 40 dating sites around the world, reaching 15 million active users and 3 million subscribers per month. Yagan estimates that at least 10% of all marriages in the U.S. start with one of Match.com’s websites.
