Tech

Whitney Wolfe Herd

Left Tinder after a harassment lawsuit; founded Bumble and took it public at 31.

Born: 1989 · Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Roots: Jewish father, Catholic mother
Family: Affluent; Property-developer father, stay-at-home mother; attended a private Catholic high school.
Education: Southern Methodist University (international studies)
Started with: 20% stake; Partnered with Badoo's Andrey Andreev, who funded and majority-owned Bumble at launch.
Affiliations & societies: Kappa Kappa GammaDocumented; Joined the sorority at SMU.; Information only — claims like these are often unverifiable and may be wrong.

The pathway

2010 · age 20
First venture in college
Sells bamboo tote bags to fund Deepwater Horizon relief.
2012 · age 22
Joins the team that builds Tinder
Runs marketing; credited as a co-founder and with naming the app.
2014 · age 24
Leaves Tinder, sues
Files a sexual-harassment and discrimination suit; it settles.
2014 · age 25
Founds Bumble
With backing from Badoo founder Andrey Andreev; women send the first message.
2019 · age 30
Andreev exits$3B
Blackstone buys his majority stake at a ~$3B valuation; she becomes CEO of the group.
2021 · age 31
IPO$2.2B IPO
The youngest woman at the time to take a US company public; briefly a billionaire.

Sources

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