degree in Applied Mathematics and Economics and an MBA
Alma mater
Harvard University Stanford University
Occupation(s)
Co-founder of OkCupid Co-founder of SparkNotes Vice-Chairman of Match.com Former CEO of Shoprunner
Years active
1999–present
Spouse
Jessica Droste Yagan
(m. 2003)
Parent(s)
Al Yagan Dr. Haifa Yagan
Sam Yagan (born April 10, 1977) is an American Internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of OkCupid.[1] In 2013, he was named to TIME Magazine's '100 Most Influential People in the World' list.[1] He is the Vice-Chairman of the e-dating site Match.com.[2]
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^Pletz, John (April 18, 2013). "Sam I am". Crain's Chicago Business. Archived from the original on October 1, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
SamYagan (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...
sharing application developed by US company MetaMachine (Jed McCaleb and SamYagan), using the Multisource File Transfer Protocol. It supported both the...
a website called The Spark, is a company started by Harvard students SamYagan, Max Krohn, Chris Coyne, and Eli Bolotin in 1999 that originally provided...
technology entrepreneurs Steve Chen, Ramez Naam, Russel Simmons, and SamYagan. Pan currently works as an R&D Engineer at Origin Protocol. Peter, Thiel...
model requires numerous page views to achieve profitability. However, SamYagan describes dating sites as ideal advertising platforms because of the wealth...
Humor Rainbow, Inc. OkCupid's founders (Chris Coyne, Christian Rudder, SamYagan, and Max Krohn) were students at Harvard University when they gained recognition...
file sharing network created in 2000 by US developers Jed McCaleb and SamYagan that is best suited to share big files among users, and to provide long...
members, including LinkedIn's Mike Gamson, Match.com's SamYagan, and venture capitalist Sam Guren. The company raised $20 million in Series B funding...
McCaleb founded MetaMachine Inc. and released his eDonkey2000 application. SamYagan joined him in 2001 and served as CEO of the company. McCaleb served as...
systems. 2007 Crazy Blind Date launches. Blind dating service started by SamYagan. 2007 Zoosk launches. A global online-dating service started by Shayan...
on 3 August 2012. Tawkify.com Betabeat.com Video of E. Jean Carroll, SamYagan, Amarnath Thombre, and Brian Schechter at Internet Week New York Matchmaker...
CEO of Warner Bros. Entertainment Miles D. White, American entrepreneur SamYagan, American entrepreneur and co-founder of OkCupid Lee Hsien Yang, Singaporean...
sale to Barnes & Noble, Rudder and the SparkNotes founders (Chris Coyne, SamYagan, and Max Krohn) left and began working on OkCupid, a dating site. OkCupid...
Zogby, Lebanese, founder and current President/CEO of Zogby International SamYagan, Syrian, Entrepreneur and business executive, co-founder of SparkNotes...
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dating sites create a space for liberation of sexuality. According to SamYagan of OkCupid, "the period between New Year's Day and Valentine's Day is...
and philanthropist; chairman and CEO of Camping World, and Good Sam Enterprises SamYagan – Internet entrepreneur Jack Hidary – American technologist Fouad...
occasional criminal conspiracy". The profile was verified by OkCupid CEO SamYagan and last accessed in December 2006. Daniel Domscheit-Berg said in his...
contemporary Syrian sculptor from Aleppo based in the Brooklyn, New York. SamYagan, American entrepreneur and business executive, co-founder of SparkNotes...
Mohammed Mohiedin Anis Ronaldo Mouchawar, entrepreneur, founder of Souq.com SamYagan, Internet entrepreneur David Nahmad Ezra Nahmad Fateh Moudarres, painter...
Commerce President & CEO Doug Whitley, Amy Wilson, and OkCupid co-founder SamYagan. Some labs have resulted in the creation of outside projects to pursue...
The ECU City campus, which is designed by Lyons and will be located in Yagan Square, is planned to have six performance venues which are projected to...
include the film Blueback (film); the historical documentary Yagan, about the Noongar warrior Yagan; and the 2014 stage production of King Hit, which follows...
published an Alston cartoon entitled Alas Poor Yagan, which criticised the fact that the return of Yagan's head had become a source of conflict among the...
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