CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- LendingTree®
(NASDAQ: TREE), the nation's leading online loan marketplace, today
announced that Sam Yount has joined
the company as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Based in
LendingTree's Burlingame, CA
office, Yount will lead the company's marketing operations and
continue to build the LendingTree brand as it expands into new
financial service categories with innovative product offerings.
"After an exhaustive search, we're excited to welcome Sam to the
LendingTree team, who brings with him a tremendous amount of
digital marketing and product experience," said Doug Lebda, founder and CEO of LendingTree. "Sam
has successfully led marketing initiatives at disruptive
high-growth financial services firms in Silicon Valley and has
pioneered some of the most revolutionary ad technology in the
space. Sam has the creativity, vision and in-depth, hands-on
knowledge of each marketing channel needed for future growth as we
accelerate our business and continue to build the LendingTree
brand."
"I have followed LendingTree for most of my career and witnessed
its evolution," said Sam Yount. "I
am thrilled to join this incredible team and know that we have the
talent and vision to build on the strong growth LendingTree has
accomplished. It's an exciting time to join LendingTree as we have
an opportunity to truly disrupt and simplify online lending for
both partners and consumers."
Yount is a marketing veteran with more than 10 years of
financial technology marketing experience. Prior to joining
LendingTree, Yount served as VP of Marketing at FutureAdvisor where
he assembled the marketing team and drove substantial revenue
growth prior to an acquisition by BlackRock. He was also the VP of
Marketing at Personal Capital, leading both consumer acquisition
efforts and business development, and led online marketing for
Scottrade, driving substantial growth through the financial crisis
of 2008.
About LendingTree
LendingTree (NASDAQ: TREE) is the nation's leading online loan
marketplace, empowering consumers as they comparison-shop across a
full suite of loan and credit-based offerings. LendingTree
provides an online marketplace which connects consumers with
multiple lenders that compete for their business, as well as an
array of online tools and information to help consumers find the
best loan. Since inception, LendingTree has facilitated more than
55 million loan requests. LendingTree provides free monthly credit
scores through My LendingTree and access to its network of over 350
lenders offering home loans, personal loans, credit cards, student
loans, personal loans, business loans, home equity loans/lines of
credit, auto loans and more. LendingTree, LLC is a subsidiary of
LendingTree, Inc. For more information go
to www.lendingtree.com, dial 800-555-TREE, like
our Facebook page and/or follow us on
Twitter @LendingTree.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Megan Greuling
704-943-8208
Megan.Greuling@LendingTree.com
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