When did Match come out?
On April 21, 1995, Kremen launched Match.com. Match was a free service, supported by ads, with the idea to charge for subscriptions when it grew. And there was only one way for it to reach that point.
The Site Officially Launched in 1995 & Initial Users Were Given Free, Lifelong Memberships. The free beta site of Match.com went live in 1995, and Wired was one of the first magazines to write a profile about it.
Is tinder owned by Match?
Match Group owns Tinder, OkCupid, and every other big online dating site in the US — except Bumble. Bumbles CEO, an ex-Tinder executive, sued Match Groups parent company for discrimination in 2014.