Spencer Rascoff

Rascoff graduated cum laude from Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private research university in Massachusetts, established by the Massachusetts Bay Colony legislature in 1636 and named in 1639 for early benefactor John Harvard. Its principal campuses are in Cambridge and the Allston and Longwood neighborhoods of Boston. It includes Harvard College, graduate and professional schools, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Two governing boards share oversight. Alan M. Garber was president as of October 2026, and the endowment stood at $56.9 billion at the end of fiscal 2025.Open the full entry with a B.A. in Government. He worked in the mergers and acquisitions group at Goldman, Sachs & Co.⁠[1]

Match Group’s executive biography states that he began his career in investment banking at Goldman SachsGoldman SachsGoldman Sachs is an American financial services group headquartered in New York whose businesses include investment banking, securities trading, asset management, and wealth management. It traces its origins to the commercial paper business Marcus Goldman founded in 1869; it listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1999 under the ticker GS and became a bank holding company in 2008. David Solomon serves as chairman and chief executive officer.Open the full entry and in private equity at TPG Capital.⁠[2]

In 1999 Rascoff co-founded Hotwire, Inc., an online travel company, and managed several of its product lines; in 2003 Hotwire was acquired by IAC/InterActiveCorp, then the parent company of Expedia, Inc. From 2003 to 2005 he served as Vice President of Lodging for Expedia, Inc.⁠[1]

In 2005 Rascoff joined Zillow as one of its founding employees, serving as Vice President of Marketing and Chief Financial Officer; from December 2008 he was Chief Operating Officer until his promotion to Chief Executive Officer.⁠[1]

Rascoff served as Zillow’s Chief Executive Officer from September 2010 and as a member of its board of directors from July 2011.⁠[1]

During his tenure he led Zillow through its initial public offering.⁠[3]

Match Group states that during his decade as Zillow’s CEO the company grew to more than 4,500 employees, about $3 billion in revenue and a market capitalization of about $10 billion.⁠[2]

Rascoff served on the board of Julep Beauty Incorporated, a privately held beauty products company, from February 2013 to December 2016, and on the board of the e-commerce company zulily, inc. from June 2013 until its acquisition by Liberty Interactive Corporation in October 2015; he joined the board of TripAdvisor, Inc. in September 2014. He also served on the advisory board of Seattle Children’s Research Institute.⁠[1]

On April 2, 2015, Andreessen HorowitzAndreessen HorowitzAndreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. It invests from the seed stage through the growth stage and provides operational support to its portfolio companies.Open the full entry released “a16z Podcast: How to Lead, Not Manage Your Board.” Rascoff, then CEO of Zillow, joined BoxBoxBox is an American enterprise software company founded in 2005 by Aaron Levie, Dylan Smith and others, headquartered in Redwood City, California. It provides cloud content management, file sharing, collaboration, e-signature and AI content-processing tools, and went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2015 under the ticker BOX.Open the full entry co-founder and CEO Aaron LevieAaron LevieAaron Levie is an American enterprise software entrepreneur and angel investor, and the co-founder and chief executive officer of Box. He co-founded Box in 2005, led the company’s shift from an online file-sharing service to enterprise content management, and took the company public in 2015.Open the full entry, former 3Com chairman and CEO (and a16z board partner) Bill Krause, and former NetApp CEO and chairman Dan Warmenhoven in a segment led by a16z general partner Scott Weiss on the practicalities of building and leading boards from a company’s early days to preparing for an IPO, and on drawing on directors’ expertise in and outside meetings.⁠[4]

The episode was uploaded to the a16z YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry channel on January 1, 2019, under the title “a16z Podcast | How to Lead, Not Manage Your Board.”⁠[5]

Rascoff resigned as Zillow Group’s Chief Executive Officer effective February 21, 2019, and was succeeded by co-founder Rich Barton; under his departure agreement he remained a full-time employee until March 22, 2019, to provide transition services, and stayed on the board of directors.⁠[6]

Rascoff co-founded Pacaso, a marketplace for co-owning second homes, with Austin Allison, and has chaired its board since September 2020.⁠[7][8]

From May 2021 Rascoff was founder and CEO of 75 & Sunny Ventures, a startup studio and family office. He served on the boards of three Supernova special purpose acquisition companies, including Supernova Partners Acquisition Company III, Ltd. from March 2021 through April 2023.⁠[8]

Rascoff has been a director of Match Group since March 2024. In February 2025 the board appointed him chief executive officer effective February 4, succeeding Bernard Kim, who resigned as CEO and director by mutual agreement with the board.⁠[8]

As CEO he oversees a portfolio of dating brands including Tinder, Hinge, Match, Meetic, OkCupid, Pairs, PlentyOfFish, Azar and BLK.⁠[2]

Rascoff is a visiting professor at Harvard University, where he teaches entrepreneurship, and serves on the Board of Trustees of Harvard-Westlake School.⁠[8][7][2]

The a16z website’s author page lists him as a board partner at Andreessen Horowitz.⁠[9]

Match Group: Official website: https://mtch.com/ (opens in a new window).⁠[2]