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Co-Founder & CEO, Corazon Capital. 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.
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Sam Yagan (born 1977, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) 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.
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.
- degree in Applied Mathematics and Economics and an MBA
- 1999–present
- American
Jul 13, 2016 · Written by Andreas Rekdal. 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.
- Andreas Rekdal
Sam Yagan is CEO of Shoprunner. He also co-founded and served as CEO of OkCupid, which has been featured in the New York Times, Rachael Ray, Wired, and other influential media outlets. OkCupid was acquired by Match.com, a subsidiary of IAC.
Mar 13, 2020 · Yagan, 42, is a hard-charger who has founded and been CEO of several companies, including Match.com. On Tuesday, he flew to Philadelphia for a board meeting. “I was thinking, ‘I’m a CEO: I ...
