Sean Rad is handsome, charismatic, and eats Sour Patch Kids. The 29-year-old Tinder founder and CEO also is "one of the most divisive figures in tech today," writes Nellie Bowles in a lengthy profile in the California Sunday Magazine. Bowles talked to supporters, detractors, and Rad himself to paint a vivid and complex picture of the man who oversees a dating app that claims to make 26 million matches a day. Highlights:
- Some of Tinder's founding members say Rad made false promises and pushed them out of the business. One calls Rad "a nemesis" and says "crying and screaming and yelling was a daily occurrence" at the office.