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But Rad stayed on at the company. And just weeks ago, he reclaimed his CEO role when Chris Payne, $4, left the startup.
Here's the story of how Sean Rad went from a cell phone-obsessed teen growing up in Beverly Hills to the CEO of one of the buzziest dating apps in the world.