EHarmony
Online dating website
eharmony is an American online dating website launched in 2000. eharmony is based in Los Angeles, California, and owned by ParshipMeet Group, a joint venture of German mass media company ProSiebenSat.1 Media and American private equity firm General Atlantic.
History
eharmony was founded by Neil Clark Warren, a clinical psychologist, with his son-in-law, Greg Forgatch. Warren and Forgatch created Neil Clark Warren & Associates, a seminar company, in 1995. The company eventually became the dating website eharmony. During its initial four years, the website was developed by TechEmpower.
The service was financed with a $3 million investment from Fayez Sarofim & Co. and individual investors. eharmony was launched in 2000, making it the first algorithm-based dating site. Between 2000 and 2010, about 33 million members used the service.
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