Early on, Kremen was assisted by Ong, who helped in the design of the initial system, and Simon Glinsky, who co-wrote its business plan, developed product designs including matching criteria, services to LGBT communities, created business models and initial marketing strategies and made early hires. At the beginning, was the name of the website, while the company that operated it was formally named Electric Classifieds Inc. In 1993, was founded by Gary Kremen and Peng T. Match is owned by Match Group, which owns several online dating services. The company has offices in Dallas, West Hollywood, San Francisco, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, and Beijing.
Match is an online dating service with headquarters are in Dallas, Texas.