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Social & Dating JERONIMO F. FOLGUEIRA | ELITESINGLES CEO SPEAKER BIO Jeronimois the CEO of EliteSingles. He is responsible for the global operation of the business, which is headquartered in Berlin and operates in more than 25 countries. Prior to that, he was the International Managing Director of Betfair, responsible for all their business outside the UK, Ireland and the US as well as B2B partnerships worldwide. Jeronimo has also held senior executive roles at Bigpoint and RTL Groups among others. With an Economics degree from the University of Navarra and an MBA from Columbia Business School, Jeronimo has over 13 years of experience within the technology and media space, ranging from online dating to television to online gaming. KEY CORPORATE FACTS & KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Berlin, Germany EliteSingles is a leading premium brand within the serious online dating sector. Available in 16 Office Locations Berlin, Paris countries, the platform connects single professionals aged 35+, who are looking for meaningful and long-lasting relationships. EliteSingles uses a detailed signup questionnaire Founded 2009 and manual verification process to target successful, accomplished and educated users, the No of Employees 240 majority (82%) of whom are university educated to at least a Bachelor degree level. Active Markets 26+ EliteSingles sees year-on-year growth of 20-25 percent, with 65,000 new member Business Overview Monetises from the user subscriptions subscriptions per week. Based in Berlin, it is part of the Affinitas GmbH group, which is active KPI #1 User growth exceeding 20% in 2016 in 26 markets worldwide and also operates dating brands eDarling and Attractive World. KPI #2 60% of new users come from mobile Recent Milestones Acquired Attractive World and consolidated its market leader position in France Revenue 2015: €80m Key Financials Fourth consecutive year profitable, with growing margins Founders, Rocket Internet, Holtzbrinck Key Investors Ventures, Investitionsbank Berlin- Brandenburg, PDV Inter-Media Website elitesingles.co.uk 52

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