Joel Simkhai

Joel Simkhai (; ; born c. 1976 tech entrepreneur. He is the founder and former CEO of Grindr This app ceased operations in September 2024. While in high school, he says he dated women; he remarked that he was not being dishonest about his sexuality, but that his "coming out of the closet was a process". In January 2018, he left Grindr after the company was fully sold to the latter company. The app also only allowed users to interact with ten other profiles per day, attempting to limit users’ screen time.

Personal life Simkhai was based in Los Angeles through 2015. Simkhai is Jewish. He was also diagnosed with dyslexia as a child.

Simkhai expressed support for both Anderson Cooper and John Browne, as they came out or were outed as gay, calling them "role models."