Mandy Ginsberg

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Mandy Ginsberg
Nationality American
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Occupation Businesswoman
Known forCEO of Match Group

Mandy Ginsberg is an American businesswoman and manager, who is the former CEO of Match Group. [1] [2] [3]

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Early life and education

Ginsberg graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and subsequently obtained an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. [4]

Career

In her early career Ginsberg was Vice President of Consumer Technology for Edelman Public Relations Worldwide, and subsequently became Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at JDA Software. [4]

IAC Group

In 2006, Ginsberg joined IAC, where she has since worked in different positions. In 2008 she became executive vice-president and general manager of Match Group’s North American operations and in 2010 was nominated as CEO of the Match Group Americas, where she continued to focused the Match U.S. brand, Match Affinity Brands, OkCupid, PlentyOfFish, ParPerfeito and the brands north and south American expansion. [2] She also was CEO of the IAC's Tutor.com, and when the company bought The Princeton Review in 2014, Ginsberg continued as CEO of the newly formed company. [5]

Since August 2017, Ginsberg has been CEO of Match Group. The group currently owns more than 45 brands (e.g. Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid) and is active in 190 countries and 42 languages. [1] [6] When Ginsberg took over operations she had the entire company audited, to secure equal pay between men and women. She also uses and promotes as system of paying raises, without employees demanding them. [7] In January 2020, Ginsberg stepped down from her position as the CEO of Match Group for personal reasons. [8] [9]

Personal life

Ginsberg is married for the second time and has two daughters. [1] [10]

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  3. ↑ "Leadership – Match Group". mtch.com. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  4. 1 2 "Wharton Magazine: Mandy Ginsberg CEO, Match Group" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Student Life Survey Press Release | The Princeton Review". www.princetonreview.com. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  6. ↑ "IGNITION 2018: Hear from Match CEO Mandy Ginsberg on the $12 billion online dating market that she's tasked with defending from Facebook and Bumble". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  7. ↑ Bort, Julie. "Match Group's CEO audited the company's payroll to make sure she was paying women equally and was surprised at the results". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
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