Barry Diller

Barry Charles Diller is an American businessman. He is Chairman and Senior Executive of IAC/InterActiveCorp and Expedia Group and created the Fox Broadcasting Company and USA Broadcasting. Diller was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1994.

• Barry Diller founded internet and media conglomerate IAC in 1995. He remains senior executive and chairman.
• Through a majority stake in the online company Match Group, IAC controls popular dating platforms like Tinder, OkCupid and Match.com.
• Diller is also chairman of online travel giant Expedia, which acquired its holding company, Liberty Expedia, in a $2.6 billion deal in 2019.
• The acquisition gives Diller 28% of voting power of the combined company and ends his formal relationship with Liberty chairman John Malone.
• Prior to founding IAC, he worked at ABC, Paramount and Fox and oversaw launches of hit TV shows including “Cheers” and “The Simpsons.”
• He is building Pier 55 — nicknamed “Diller Island” — a park and performance venue in the Hudson River that is scheduled to open in spring of 2021.
• He is married to designer Diane Von Furstenberg and owns an estimated third of her eponymous fashion company.