Tinder CEO is getting a lot of heat for this interview. I'm about to read it.
Tinder? I'm an addict, says hook-up app's co-creator and CEO Sean Rad | London Life | Lifestyle | London Evening Standard
Match Group released this statement:
The article was not approved or condoned by, and the content of the article was not reviewed by, the Company or any of its affiliates. Mr. Rad is not a director or executive officer of the Company and was not authorized to make statements on behalf of the Company for purposes of the article. The article noted that "Analysts believe the [Tinder] app, which launched in 2012, has around 80 million users worldwide and records 1.8 billion 'swipes' a day." While these statements were not made by Mr. Rad, the Company notes that they are inaccurate and directs readers to the Preliminary Prospectus, which states that for the month of September 2015, Tinder had approximately 9.6 million daily active users, with Tinder users "swiping" through an average of more than 1.4 billion user profiles each day.
On Eve of IPO, Match Group Disavows Tinder CEO Sean Rad?s Disastrous Interview