Brandon Wade

Brandon Wade
Born (1970-07-16) July 16, 1970 (age 54)
Singapore
NationalityAmerican
Other namesBrandon Wey,[1] Lead Wey
Occupation(s)Businessman, entrepreneur
Known forInfoStream Group
Seeking.com
Websiteaskbrandonwade.com

Brandon Wade (born Lead Wey;[2][3][4] 1970) is an American businessman who is the founder and chief executive officer of InfoStream Group, an online dating company. He is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and MIT Sloan School of Management[5] and a former software engineer. He is best known for founding the sugar dating web site Seeking.com. Wade's web sites have been criticised for being comparable to escort services.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ Padawer, Ruth (April 10, 2009). "Keeping Up With Being Kept". The New York Times. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. ^ Normandin, Ryan (September 6, 2011). "The dark side of an MIT brain". The Tech. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  3. ^ "Not-So-Sweet Arrangements". February 20, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2020. the brainchild of Singapore-born Lead Wey
  4. ^ "'I'm rich. You're hot.' The cold mathematics of sugar daddy dating". SFGate. March 13, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2020. An immigrant from Singapore (his real name is Lead Wey)
  5. ^ Edwards, Jim. "How This Never-Been-Kissed MIT Nerd Built A $10 Million Sugar Baby Dating Empire" Business Insider. April 27, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  6. ^ Edwards, Jim (April 27, 2012). "How This Never-Been-Kissed MIT Nerd Built A $10 Million 'Sugar Baby' Dating Empire". Business Insider. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  7. ^ Wade, Brandon (September 29, 2014). "Dating website founder says love doesn't exist". CNN. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  8. ^ Jefferies, Adrianne (April 23, 2012). "Online Dating Entrepreneur Starts an Escort Service Disguised as a Travel Site". Observer. Retrieved November 2, 2015.