Match.com was founded in 1993 by Gary Kremen (The entrepreneur who gained notoriety by being the first to register the domain name sex.com in 1994), and was one of the first online dating sites in the world.
In 1994, Guinness World Records named Match.com as the largest dating site in the world with 42 million members up to that time, and 15 million active members at that time.
Currently, match.com offices operate over 6 continents and maintains 30 regional dating sites.