Whitney Wolfe Herd
Founder, Bumble
$973.61M
as of 08/09/22
About Whitney Wolfe Herd
Whitney Wolfe Herd is cofounder and CEO of Bumble Inc., which operates two online dating apps: Bumble and Badoo.
Wolfe Herd founded Bumble, the dating app on which women make the first move, with Russian billionaire Andrey Andreev in 2014.
Andreev, who founded Badoo in 2004, sold his stake in both apps to private equity firm Blackstone in November 2019.
Wolfe Herd, who owns a 21% stake in Bumble, became the youngest self-made woman billionaire after it went public in February 2021--for ten months.
Together, Bumble and Badoo operate in 150 countries with 3 million paying users as of December 2021.
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United States of AmericaSource of wealth
dating appResidence
Austin, TexasMarital status
MarriedBirth date
07/05/89 (age 35)Number of children
1Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Southern Methodist UniversitySelf-made
self-madeWhitney Wolfe Herd’s fortune is worth
16K
troy ounces of gold
15K
median U.S. household
10K
median U.S. income
0.019%
U.S. credit card volume
0.004%
GDP of the United States
0.003%
United States debt
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When Wolfe Herd first set out to found Bumble, she wanted it to be a women's social platform, not a dating app.
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