BUSINESS INSIDER – Apr 21 – Lisa Ronis has been in the professional matchmaking business since 2000. Since then, she has built a lucrative business around helping elite professionals, both male and female, willing to spend thousands of dollars in their search for love. At any one time, Ronis has as many as 100 clients, from both New York and beyond, who all pay $15K a year for her services. Ronis herself has not remarried since getting divorced at the age of 27. To critics who question how a matchmaker could be single, she maintains that she is still “very much a relationship person” and that her own extensive dating experience is a big plus for her business. Ronis herself dabbled in reality television, hosting a reality dating show titled “Manhattan Matchmaker” that aired in 2006 in Canada. According to Lisa Clampitt, a New York City-based matchmaker and founder of the Matchmaking Institute, the industry has grown from ~1,200 matchmakers nationwide in 2006 to 1,800 today. Yet few of these professionals are willing to work with older women, says Clampitt, so Ronis has little competition in that market.
by Melanie Hicken
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Its tough to match women over 50 because guys over 50 are still interested and expecting to meet women 10 years younger. There’s a smaller supply of guys 50+, and they often have unrealistic expectations of matchmakers. Women are a little more realistic, and there’s far more of them aged 50+. That makes it rather tough to match women aged 50+.
Its tough to match women over 50 because guys over 50 are still interested and expecting to meet women 10 years younger. There’s a smaller supply of guys 50+, and they often have unrealistic expectations of matchmakers. Women are a little more realistic, and there’s far more of them aged 50+. That makes it rather tough to match women aged 50+.