Irene Valenti, renowned for pioneering what is now known as matchmaking, founded Valenti International in 1990. The organization’s core philosophy is Matchmaking In The European Tradition, an approach that embodies the heritage of the village matriarch who personally introduced people she believed would fall in love. It was the matriarch’s heartfelt and intimate knowledge of her townspeople—including family values, culture, faith, and, of course, romantic compatibility and personality—that resulted in successful, lifelong partnerships.