Spencer Rascoff is an influencer

CEO Match Group

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
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Spencer is CEO of Match Group. He is also Co-Founder and CEO of 75 & Sunny Ventures, a startup studio and early stage investor. He is also a serial founder and Harvard professor of entrepreneurship who co-founded Zillow, Hotwire, Pacaso, Queue, Replify and House Whisper. During Spencer’s decade as CEO of Zillow, the company won dozens of “best places to work” awards as it grew to over 4,500 employees, $3 billion in revenue, and $10 billion in market capitalization. Prior to Zillow, Spencer co-founded and was VP of Corporate Development of Hotwire, which was sold to Expedia for $685 million in 2003.

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  • Match Group

    Match Group

    2 years 4 months

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      Chief Executive Officer

      Match Group

      - Present 1 year 5 months

    • Match Group Graphic

      Board Member

      Match Group

      - Present 2 years 4 months

      Board of Directors at Match Group (MTCH), owner of Tinder, Hinge, Match, OK Cupid, and other dating apps.

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    Visiting Lecturer

    Harvard University

    - Present 7 years 6 months

    Cambridge, MA

    I teach entrepreneurship at Harvard across Harvard College and Harvard Business School, focused on building and scaling technology companies.

    My course, Startups from Idea to Exit, covers the full arc of company-building: from ideation and product development to product-market fit, fundraising, and scaling. It’s consistently one of the most popular and highest-rated courses at Harvard, with strong student satisfaction and engagement across disciplines.

    The class brings real-world…

    I teach entrepreneurship at Harvard across Harvard College and Harvard Business School, focused on building and scaling technology companies.

    My course, Startups from Idea to Exit, covers the full arc of company-building: from ideation and product development to product-market fit, fundraising, and scaling. It’s consistently one of the most popular and highest-rated courses at Harvard, with strong student satisfaction and engagement across disciplines.

    The class brings real-world perspective into the classroom through guest speakers and is designed for students across all concentrations.

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    Co-Founder

    Replify (formerly heyLibby)

    - Present 3 years 3 months

    Replify is an AI sales assistant for small businesses and individuals which talks to your leads, qualifies them, and schedules them for you.

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    Board Member

    Varo Bank

    - Present 4 years 3 months

    Varo is working hard to build a future that's more diverse and financially inclusive. As a new kind of bank, Varo is entirely digital, mission-driven, FDIC insured, and designed for the way customers live their lives. Varo is working with a team that uniquely and strategically combines banking veterans with technology experts. The banking experts provide decades of industry experience, and the tech experts can build a mobile app that offers everyone access to premium banking, including quicker…

    Varo is working hard to build a future that's more diverse and financially inclusive. As a new kind of bank, Varo is entirely digital, mission-driven, FDIC insured, and designed for the way customers live their lives. Varo is working with a team that uniquely and strategically combines banking veterans with technology experts. The banking experts provide decades of industry experience, and the tech experts can build a mobile app that offers everyone access to premium banking, including quicker access to your money, high-yield savings, and automatic saving tools.

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    Co-Founder, Chair of Board of Directors

    Pacaso

    - Present 5 years 10 months

    Los Angeles, California, United States

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    Co-Founder and Chairperson

    Queue

    - Present 5 years 9 months

    Los Angeles County, California, United States

    Queue is a new social way to save, share, and discuss what you want to watch and what you’re binging. On Queue, you can look up any movie or show, see where it’s streaming, and start binging. You can also keep track of everything you’ve watched and everything your friends recommend.

    The app, co-founded by Spencer Rascoff and Garrett Rothstein, provides real recommendations from real friends. Follow your closest friends and see what they’re watching, unlock fun badges, check out the Top…

    Queue is a new social way to save, share, and discuss what you want to watch and what you’re binging. On Queue, you can look up any movie or show, see where it’s streaming, and start binging. You can also keep track of everything you’ve watched and everything your friends recommend.

    The app, co-founded by Spencer Rascoff and Garrett Rothstein, provides real recommendations from real friends. Follow your closest friends and see what they’re watching, unlock fun badges, check out the Top 10 trending titles on your favorite services, and use the social sharing features to tell your friends about what you’re adding to your Queue.

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    Co-Founder

    Recon Food

    - Present 6 years 1 month

    Los Angeles, California, United States

    Recon Food is a vertical social media app that will bring people together through a shared love of food. The app, which is co-founded by Spencer Rascoff, co-founder of Zillow and Hotwire, and his 16-year-old daughter, Sophia Rascoff, was developed in response to the need for a healthy space to connect with others away from the noise, toxicity and politics that often bombard mainstream social media apps.

    Recon Food is social media, but specific to food. Users can either take photos of…

    Recon Food is a vertical social media app that will bring people together through a shared love of food. The app, which is co-founded by Spencer Rascoff, co-founder of Zillow and Hotwire, and his 16-year-old daughter, Sophia Rascoff, was developed in response to the need for a healthy space to connect with others away from the noise, toxicity and politics that often bombard mainstream social media apps.

    Recon Food is social media, but specific to food. Users can either take photos of their restaurant dishes and review them, or take photos of the dishes they make in their own kitchen for others to see. Users are able to take photos on-demand or let the innovative technology search their camera roll and upload any food-centric photos ever taken. The app then uses geolocation to identify the restaurants where you took the photos and allows you to recommend the dishes. Recon Food users can decide if they want to share their photos and reviews with their connections or with the larger community.

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    Co-Founder and General Partner

    75 & Sunny

    - Present 5 years 2 months

    Los Angeles, California, United States

    75 & Sunny works with and mentors founders of companies in 75 & Sunny Ventures’ portfolio and takes an active role in launching new start-ups through 75 & Sunny Labs.

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    Co-Founder, Executive Chairman

    dot.LA

    - 4 years 9 months

    Greater Los Angeles Area

    dotLA is a media and events company which shines a light on the innovation in the Los Angeles tech community.
    I founded dotLA in 2019 and was Chair until 2024 when the company sold.

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    Board Member

    Palantir Technologies

    - 2 years 1 month

  • Co-Chair of Board of Directors

    Supernova Partners

    - 1 year 1 month

    Los Angeles, California, United States

    Supernova 1 was a SPAC that merged with Offerpad (OPAD) and Supernova 2 was a SPAC that merged with Riggeti Computing (RGTI).

  • Angel investor, Company Founder - working on a few new things

    TBA

    - 9 months

    Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

    I am currently working on a few new startup ideas with a couple of teams and co-founders, and angel investing full-time.
    You can learn more about my angel investing here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-angel-investments-spencer-rascoff/
    Many of my angel investments are LA-based companies, including: Fernish, Relativity Space, SpaceX, Sonic Energy, All Voices, Fair, Betmo, and others.

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    Board Member

    TripAdvisor

    - 7 years

    Greater Boston Area

  • Zillow Group

    Zillow Group

    14 years 8 months

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      Board Member

      Zillow Group

      - 8 years 10 months

      Seattle

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      Co-Founder and former CEO

      Zillow Group

      - 13 years 6 months

      Seattle

      I co-founded Zillow in 2005. Over the years, I served as head of marketing, CFO, COO, and was CEO for almost 10 years.

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    Visiting Executive Professor

    Harvard Business School

    - 5 months

    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    In the fall semester of 2019, I co-created and co-taught a course called "Managing Tech Ventures" at Harvard Business school for second year MBA students. The course focused on corporate strategy, company culture, and business transformation at large tech companies. The course mostly centered around my personal professional experiences at companies I've been involved in or have studied.
    Case studies included: Zillow, TripAdvisor, Zulily, Netflix, GOAT, Hulu, and others.

  • Board Member

    Seattle Children's Research Institute

    - 6 years 4 months

    Greater Seattle Area

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    Board Member

    Julep

    - 6 years 10 months

    Greater Seattle Area

  • Mentor

    Techstars Seattle

    - 8 years 6 months

    Greater Seattle Area

  • Zulily Graphic

    Board Member

    Zulily

    - 2 years 3 months

    Greater Seattle Area

    On Board of Zulily from pre-IPO through $2.5B sale to QVC in Sept 2015.

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    Board Member

    Switchfly, Inc.

    - 2 years 3 months

    San Francisco Bay Area

  • Room77, Inc. Graphic

    Board Member

    Room77, Inc.

    - 2 years 10 months

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    VP Lodging

    Expedia

    - 1 year 4 months

    Ran part of the hotel partner relations group. Managed team of >150 people.

  • Co-founder, VP Corporate Development

    Hotwire.com

    - 4 years 1 month

    Co-founded Hotwire.com. Ran hotels, packages and rental car groups.
    Sold Hotwire to IAC/InterActiveCorp in December 2003.

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    Investment Professional

    Texas Pacific Group

    - 1 year

  • Goldman, Sachs & Co. Graphic

    Investment Banker

    Goldman, Sachs & Co.

    - 2 years

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Honors & Awards

  • Highest Rated CEO

    Glassdoor

  • National Entrepreneur of the Year Services Award

    Ernst & Young

    http://www.ey.com/US/en/About-us/Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneur-Of-The-Year/US_EOY_2013_Services

  • Fortune Magazine "40 Under 40"

    Fortune Magazine

    http://money.cnn.com/gallery/magazines/fortune/2012/10/11/40-under-40.fortune/22.html

  • Forbes Magazine - "America's 20 Most Powerful CEOs Under 40"

    Forbes Magazine

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2012/02/14/americas-20-most-powerful-ceos-40-and-under/2/

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