Mark Stein serves as the Chief Strategy Officer & Executive Vice President at IAC. He has been a director of Match Group since November 2015. He has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of IAC since January 2016 and prior to that time, served as Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of IAC from September 2015. Stein previously served as both Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at IAC (from January 2008) and Chief Strategy Officer of IAC Search & Applications, the desktop software, mobile applications and media properties that comprised IAC's former Search & Applications segment (from November 2012). Prior to his service in these roles, Stein served in several other capacities for IAC and its businesses, including as Chief Strategy Officer of Mindspark Interactive Network from 2009 to 2012, and prior to that time as Executive Vice President of Corporate and Business Development of IAC Search & Media. In nominating Stein, the Board considered the unique knowledge and experience that he has gained through his various roles with IAC since 2005, as well as his high levels of financial and legal literacy, experience in operating a variety of online consumer service businesses and expertise regarding investments, partnerships and other strategic transactions. Stein graduated from the Benjamin Franklin Scholar Program at the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School and a B.A. in American History from the College of Arts and Sciences.