Whitney Wolfe Herd
Co-Founder, Bumble
Whitney Wolfe Herd is the founder, executive chair, and former CEO of publicly traded Bumble, an online dating platform, launched in 2014. Co-founded with Russian billionaire Andrey Andreev, Bumble, the dating app, was known for women making the first move. Whitney who owns a 17% stake in Bumble, became the youngest self-made woman billionaire after it went public in February 2021 for ten months.
Prior to Bumble, she was the co-founder of Tinder and was previously its Vice President of Marketing.
April 25, 2024
CEO Series: Whitney Wolfe Herd, Co-Founder of Bumble
You may have heard the news: as of January 2nd, 2024, Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd has stepped down as chief executive after nearly a decade leading the dating app company. Despite challenges ahead - a more conservative…