Match Group Names Renate Nyborg Chief Executive Officer of Tinder

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[{"type":"text","content":"Nyborg Will Become First Female CEO of World's Top Dating App\n\n\nDALLAS, Sept. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) today announced that Renate Nyborg has been appointed Chief Executive Officer at the company's leading brand, Tinder. Nyborg joined Tinder in 2020 as General Manager of Europe, Middle East, and Africa, where she has broken new ground in marketing across Europe and leading strategic, global initiatives across the company. Nyborg will be Tinder's first female CEO since its 2012 inception. She will be based in New York. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nNyborg has a proven track record growing mobile and subscription businesses. She joined Tinder from Headspace, where she built its first international product and marketing organization. Nyborg previously spent more than four years at Apple, where she led its App Store subscription business across Europe.\nNyborg will succeed Jim Lanzone, who is stepping down. Her first day as CEO is September 27th and she will report to Match Group Chief Executive Officer, Shar Dubey.\n\"Throughout her career, Renate has demonstrated a keen instinct for how to develop and market mobile products, grow subscription businesses, expand in new markets, and appeal to younger users,\" said Shar Dubey. \"Running Tinder's European business, she's demonstrated true leadership, and is relentlessly focused on accelerating growth and developing experiences based on what our members – particularly women – are looking for. I'm incredibly excited about working with Renate on Tinder's game changing product roadmap and supporting her as she maximizes Tinder's success. Most importantly, Renate feels Tinder's mission personally and passionately, having met her husband on Tinder.\"\n\"I swiped right on my husband and it changed my life,\" said Renate Nyborg. \"Being CEO of this company is a truly humbling and extraordinary opportunity; to make that happen for the next generation of singles around the world. The Tinder team is – hands down – the most innovative and inspiring group I've ever worked with. We are building the most fun, inclusive, safest place for singles to connect. And you can see this evolution on our app. We're building the technology and raising the bar for the industry along with it.\"\nNyborg will become CEO of Tinder amid a period of accelerating growth and innovation at the ...

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