eHarmony Names Gregory Waldorf Chief Executive Officer

PASADENA, Calif., March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- eHarmony, the Internet's #1 relationship service, today announced that board member Gregory Waldorf has assumed the role of chief executive officer. He replaces fellow board member Jaynie Studenmund who is stepping down as president and chief executive officer. Studenmund will retain her position on the company's board of directors.

"I have great admiration for what the team has built at eHarmony," said Studenmund. "There are many factors that make a new CEO successful, and unfortunately some of these factors at eHarmony were just not a good fit for me. I continue to be highly engaged by eHarmony's mission, core business and long-term growth potential and will remain on the board."

"While we are all disappointed that Jaynie's CEO role was not long-term, we are very pleased that such a talented executive will continue to make significant contributions to the company by continuing to serve as a director," said Waldorf, who is leading a board committee to appoint his successor. "Having just completed a record quarter for our singles service combined with the successful launch of our new marriage wellness program, I am confident that we will find an accomplished executive to lead eHarmony into the future."

Waldorf, who was the founding investor in eHarmony, has been intimately involved with the company since its inception in 2000. He has recruited several members of the executive management team and contributed to many areas of the company's development and growth. Waldorf brings extensive experience working with high growth companies as an entrepreneur, investor, and executive. He holds a BA from the University of California at Los Angeles and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

About eHarmony

eHarmony is the Internet's #1 relationship service and the only site dedicated to building the relationships of both singles and married couples. In 2000, backed by 35 years of clinical and empirical research, eHarmony became the first relationship service on the Web to use a scientific approach to matching highly compatible singles. Millions of people of all ages, ethnicities, and religious backgrounds have met using the company's patented Compatibility Matching System(TM), and tens of thousands have found strong and satisfying marriages throughout the world. Six years later, the company launched a new service, eHarmony Marriage, a personalized, interactive, online "marriage wellness" program designed to help couples achieve stronger, healthier and happier marriages. eHarmony was founded by America's best-known relationship expert, best-selling author and clinical psychologist Dr. Neil Clark Warren.

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