---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-22-007849"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MTCH"
cik: "0000891103"
company_name: "Match Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-05-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T01:48:53.182619+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Match Group CEO Shar Dubey steps down; Bernard Kim (ex-Zynga) named CEO effective May 31

## Summary
- Bernard Kim, former President of Zynga, becomes CEO of Match Group effective May 31, 2022, and joins the Board.
- Shar Dubey resigns as officer but remains on Board as director and advisor focusing on product and strategy.
- Kim's employment agreement includes $1M base salary, $7M RSUs, $9M PSUs (target), and eligibility for $12M target equity in 2023.
- Kim helped quadruple Zynga's market cap leading to Take-Two's $12.7B acquisition.
- Dubey's departure was not due to any disagreement with Match Group's operations or policies.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-22-007849
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MTCH
- cik: 0000891103
- company_name: Match Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000095010322007849/0000950103-22-007849-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000095010322007849/dp172390_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-22-007849
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-22-007849.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sharmistha Dubey departed as Chief Executive Officer at Match Group, Inc..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On May 2, 2022, Sharmistha Dubey announced her intention to step down from her position as Chief Executive Officer of Match Group, Inc. (“Match Group” or the “Company”), effective May 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000095010322007849/0000950103-22-007849-index.htm
- Executive change
  Bernard Kim was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Match Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On May 2, 2022, the Board appointed Bernard Kim, age 45, to the role of Chief Executive Officer of Match Group and a member of the Board, effective May 31, 2022 (the “Start Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891103/000095010322007849/0000950103-22-007849-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.