In , he launched a new dating app called Motto. Joel Simkhai was born in Tel Aviv , Israel. His mother was a jeweler, and his father was a diamond dealer.
When Simkhai was three years old, his family moved to New York City. He has two brothers, who are also gay. After college, Simkhai worked in mergers and acquisitions. He ceased including in his profile information regarding his role behind Grindr [ 8 ] In January , he left Grindr after the company was sold to the Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech.
Simkhai is a charter member of the Young Presidents' Organization. He labeled it as an attempt to "course correct" away from the negative aspects of already-existing gay dating apps. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version.
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