Wikipedia:Linx dating

Introduction
Linx dating is an offline luxury matchmaking service headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and was founded in December 2003 by Merrill Lynch private client services employee, Amy Andersen. Linx Dating represents a diverse client base of C-suite executives, academics, startup founders, lawyers, health care professionals, and international royalty.

Establishment
Since Linx dating began in 2003, it has not used PR firms to gain clients and has exclusively used a referral-based model to grow its discreet client base for 18 years. The company started after Andersen noticed a prevalent amount of eligible single men in Silicon Valley with a shortage of eligible women and utilized this disconnect to match the men of Silicon Valley to San Fransisco women and foster the potential of a match explicitly catered to the client. The Silicon Valley dating pool: of young singles men-to-women ratio for employed, in the San Jose metro area is higher than in any other major metropolis; there are about 150 men for every 100 women, compared with about 125 to 100 nationwide, of never-married young people between 25 and 34 in San Jose, U.S. Census Bureau data from 2016 shows. This data brought her to start her luxury matchmaking service and be named "The Cupid of Silicon Valley". Although Linx works with a diverse group of Silicon Valley clients, a secondary market of clientele exists in Los Angeles. Linx Dating uses no algorithms, just intuition from Andersen.

Product
Membership for Linx starts at $45,000 for premium clients, and a select group of VIP clients will pay $150,000 for a series of hand-picked dates and coaching services, while VIP client rates start at $150,000.

Clientele
Linx dating offers matchmaking services to those who first qualify for in-person candidate screenings and then become clients. Screening is a mandatory step for clients; there are no phone numbers on the website as you cannot contact the elite matchmaking service directly until you're a client. Next, the potential client will receive an email with any additional questions the matchmaking team has for them and schedule an in-person, approximately 90-minute visit with Andersen. There is a consultation fee of several hundred dollars. That's when you'll dive in-depth into what type of person you're looking for, and discuss which membership is right for you.

The Linx clientele consists of private individuals who do not publicize their dating life and want the process to be confidential. The company has built a global network of over 25,000 singles. At any point, Linx works with under 50 premium clients and a smaller select group of VIP clients who receive hand-picked dates, and various coaching services such as relationship advice, wardrobe stylist, and date coaching. The clientele is roughly 50-50 male to female.

Success
Linx made headlines globally when Vanity Fair published a feature story on Andersen and the Link & Drink singles events she had hosted at the Rosewood Sand Hill Hotel in Menlo Park, California. In 2018, Linx was featured on Most Expensivest, Two Chainz online show where he aims to uncover the most outrageous luxury goods in the world.