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After leaving Tinder amid a high-profile lawsuit, Wolfe Herd founded Bumble in 2014, built its women-first dating model to 40 million monthly users, and took it public at an $8 billion valuation — becoming the youngest woman ever to lead a company's IPO.
Whitney Wolfe Herd is Founder and CEO of Bumble, the dating app where women make the first move, having returned to the CEO role after serving as Executive Chair.
She founded the company in 2014 and took it public in 2021 at age 31, becoming the youngest woman to lead a U.S. IPO. She has been named to Time's 100 Most Influential People.
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