- When Wolfe Herd took Bumble public in 2021, she became the youngest female CEO to make such a move.
- Before Bumble, Wolfe Herd cofounded rival dating app Tinder.
- Wolfe Herd left her CEO role in 2024, and Bumble announced she’ll return in March 2025.
Whitney Wolfe Herd is coming back as CEO of dating app Bumble just over a year after stepping down in 2024.
Wolfe Herd, who co-founded the app, transitioned into the executive chair position at Bumble in January 2024. She did so at a time when the dating app industry faced challenges. In her stead, Lidiane Jones had the top job before resigning, citing personal reasons, a press release said.
In 2021, Wolfe Herd made a bold move when she took Bumble public. She was 31 at the time, which made her the youngest female CEO to take a US company public.
Since going public, Bumble has experience ups and downs. Bumble’s annual revenue was up 16% year-over-year in 2023, but its latest results for the third-quarter of 2024 dropped 1% year-over-year to $274 million. Wolfe Herd expanded her company and relinquished some of her responsibilities after the company went public, including hiring Drena Kusari, Bumble’s first global general manager.
In May 2023, Bumble also acquired Official, a relationship app designed for couples that helps with date planning and mood check-ins, according to Fast Company.
“We’re really trying to build the entire relationship journey and take care of the entire relationship from start to finish,” Wolfe Herd told Fast Company.
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