22. 薩姆?亞根

?? 年齡：36

?? 職務(wù)：聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人和CEO

?? 任職公司：婚戀公司Match

????亞根和他的朋友們?cè)诠鸫髮W(xué)（Harvard）創(chuàng)立了頗受歡迎的學(xué)習(xí)指導(dǎo)公司SparkNotes，最后以3,000萬美元將公司出售。他們后來又創(chuàng)建了一項(xiàng)文件共享服務(wù)，并迅速擴(kuò)大規(guī)模，但最終為了避免官司而被迫關(guān)閉。2003年，他和朋友們認(rèn)為，可以建一個(gè)免費(fèi)網(wǎng)站，來與eHarmony和Match.com等約會(huì)網(wǎng)站競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。于是，他們創(chuàng)建了OkCupid，并率先使用在線約會(huì)數(shù)據(jù)挖掘技術(shù)。2011年，他們以9,000萬美元的價(jià)格將這個(gè)網(wǎng)站出售給互聯(lián)網(wǎng)公司IAC旗下的Match.com。去年秋天，亞根成為Match公司的CEO。目前，許多公司都在使用OkCupid網(wǎng)站龐大的社交信息。自稱是內(nèi)向性格的亞根與高中時(shí)的戀人結(jié)成連理。目前，在發(fā)展迅速的婚戀行業(yè)（規(guī)模約20億美元），他被認(rèn)為是最高權(quán)威。

22. Sam Yagan

?? Age:36

?? Title:Co-Founder and CEO, OKCupid, CEO, Match Inc.

?? Company:

????At Harvard, Yagan and friends created the popular study guide SparkNotes and sold it for $30 million. Then they made a file-sharing service and scaled it fast before shutting down to avoid going to court. In 2003 he and the same friends thought they could make a free alternative to dating sites eHarmony and Match.com, so they created OkCupid, which pioneered the use of data mining in online dating. They sold it to IAC's Match.com in 2011 for $90 million, and last fall Yagan was made CEO of Match Inc. Other companies now use OkCupid's vast trove of social data, and Yagan, a self-professed introvert who is married to his high school sweetheart, stands as the foremost authority in a fast-growing $2 billion industry.