Former Billionaire Whitney Wolfe Herd Out As Bumble CEO Amid Stock's 80% Slide
The dating app’s cofounder Wolfe Herd, who became the youngest self-made female billionaire ever in 2021, will become Bumble’s executive chairwoman.
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The dating app’s cofounder Wolfe Herd, who became the youngest self-made female billionaire ever in 2021, will become Bumble’s executive chairwoman.
This is the second big executive departure this year at Bumble following the exit of president Tariq Shaukat, who stepped down after three years in the role.
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In the recent years, Bumble, which counts Friends, Badoo, Fruitz (for Gen Z) and Official in its portfolio of dating services, has faced pressure to grow due to unrest in some markets like the Eastern Europe and competition from larger rival Match.
Wolfe Herd, a co-founder of Tinder, established the dating app Bumble in 2014 with the aim of empowering women in their relationships. Lidiane Jones, who is…