Whitney Wolfe Herd — Founder, Bumble

**Whitney Wolfe Herd** is the founder and former CEO of **Bumble Inc.** (NASDAQ: BMBL), the dating and social networking app where women make the first move. Based in **Austin, Texas**, she founded Bumble in 2014 after a highly publicized departure from Tinder (which she co-founded) and subsequent sexual harassment lawsuit. She took Bumble public in 2021 at age 31, becoming the youngest female CEO to take a company public in the US. The IPO valued Bumble at approximately $8.2B.