Justin McLeod is probably the world’s most successful matchmaker. In the 10 years since he launched Hinge, the dating app has gone on to engineer over 32m romantic meetups.
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McLeod on his wedding day, with college sweetheart Kate. His extraordinary love story was dramatised in a recent Amazon Prime show.