Category: Reporters – Emma Hinchliffe

FORTUNE – Ginsberg and Dubey worked as an inseparable unit across various jobs and corporations for two decades. They once tried to pitch Match Group's board, without success, on a co-CEO structure. Ginsberg and Dubey met at the software business i2 Technologies in Dallas in 2001. They became near-instant friends. In 2006, Ginsberg left i2 to join Match Group. Match was launching Chemistry, and wanted Ginsberg to run it. Two weeks in, she asked if Dubey knew anyone who could help with product. Dubey nominated herself – and got the job. In 2016, Ginsberg became CEO of Match Group, North America, and Dubey worked alongside her as president for the region. Each woman has the skills the other feels she lacks. Dubey has often grounded Ginsberg and helped her execute her vision, while Ginsberg serves as Dubey's personal hype-woman, prying her out of her shell. Dubey took over from Ginsberg in Mar 2020. She guided the company through its pivot to remote work and the changing norms of online dating. She became a vocal critic of Apple. Even though Ginsberg was no longer in the Match C-suite, Dubey still turned to her for guidance. "People complain that it's lonely at the top, but I never felt it," Dubey says. Frequent corporate restructuring makes it difficult to measure Match's growth and performance during Dubey and Ginsberg's tenures at the company. Their first team at the Match brand numbered ~200. Today, the company employs ~2,500 people. At the end of 2017, just before Ginsberg took over, Match was a $1.7B business; by the time Dubey left, it was earning $3B in annual revenue. 

by Emma Hinchliffe
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