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Our Founder Simon Corbett Talks About The Birth Of GDI & Plans For The Future

Simon Corbett

Last year, we filmed an interview with the founder of Global Dating Insights, Simon Corbett, for the year’s final instalment of our GDI Meets series.

A media and communications expert with over 15 years experience in PR, Corbett founded GDI in late-2013 after noticing a gap in the market.

In the video, Corbett speaks about the challenges faced building the GDI brand, our editorial strategy, business model and GDI’s plans for future conferences and events.

As the GDI founder says: “I’ve always been really interested in online dating, which is odd having never done it and being happily married for nearly 10 years with children, but I was always fascinated by the industry, how it works, the different brands, and how people met each other these days.”

Check out the full interview below:

Simon Edmunds

Simon is the former editor of Global Dating Insights. Born in Newcastle, he has an English degree from Queen Mary, London and after working for the NHS, trained as a journalist with the Press Association. Passionate about music, journalism and Newcastle United.

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