Noel Biderman
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Noel Biderman is the CEO of Avid Life Media, who owns a dating web site (Ashley Madison) geared toward married individuals looking for an affair. Ashley Madison company was founded in 2001.[1][2] ).
As the public face of a company which recently[when?] expanded into Australia, the 38-year-old[when?] former lawyer and sports agent has said he is a happily married father of two and does not cheat himself.[3]
He says that his Web site does not promote infidelity—responding to critics by saying, "We're just a platform. No website or 30-second ad is going to convince anyone to cheat. People cheat because their lives aren't working for them." [4] He has said that he writes the commercials for his company (which have featured two attractive people in the throes of passion, and then the sign: "This couple is married...but not to each other") which the LA Times called "hilarious." [5]
In an interview with the "A Current Affair" program in Australia, he admitted that if he found out that his own wife was accessing his cheater's site, that "I would be devastated."
He's appeared on The Tyra Banks Show,[6] "The View",[7] Larry King Live,[8] and served as a judge for the Miss Tiger Woods mistress pageant on The Howard Stern Show, a contest which Ashley Madison sponsored.[9]
References
- ^ Pearson, Patricia. "The Two-Timers Club". [1]. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
{{cite web}}: External link in|work= - ^ ABC, News. "When Cheating On Your Spouse Is Business". [2]. Retrieved 2004-10-21.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help); External link in|work= - ^ "Cheats' site a popular affair - Connect - NZ Herald News". Nzherald.co.nz. 2010-04-18. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- ^ Caplan, Jeremy (2009-06-29). "Cheating 2.0: New AshleyMadison Apps Make Adultery Even Easier". TIME. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- ^ Daum, Meghan (2009-01-10). "Ashley Madison's secret success - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- ^ "The Tyra Banks Show - Ashley Madison". YouTube. 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- ^ "The View Hot Topics - Ashley Madison". YouTube. 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- ^ "CNN.com - Transcripts". Transcripts.cnn.com. 2008-03-17. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- ^ Wisniewski, Angela. "Ashley Madison | Features". Real Detroit Weekly. Retrieved 2010-05-03.