Who Is Whitney Wolfe Herd- CEO Of Bumble Who Rose Through Ashes Of Humiliation

Who is Whitney Wolfe Herd? The CEO and founder of Bumble is the first leading personality in tech and also the youngest self-made female billionaire. She dedicated this billion-dollar empire to all the women out there who dare to make the first move.

However, the 31-year old had never planned to create a dating app and was working with Tinder before it. Now Bumble, which is an outcome of humiliation and abusive relationship with Tinder founder, stands second in terms of popularity and will leave it behind sooner.

How Whitney made it possible and what made her compete against Tinder? Here’s her untold story which is no less than an inspiration for the world.

Interesting Facts About Whitney Wolfe Herd

1. Businesswoman At 19

Whitney started at an age when other businessmen are still in the making. Nobody in her family was from a tech background. Her father Michael Wolfe was a property developer. She was a student of Southern Methodist University when she came up with a business idea.

Help Us Project- a non-profit organization started by then 19-years old Whitney raised her popularity for a cause. It was created to support the victims of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Celebrities like Nicole Richie and Rachel Zoe were highly impressed by her bamboo tote bags.

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She didn’t settle here and started a clothing line titled Tender Heart to boost fair trade in the markets.

2. Whitney Was Ex-Employee Of Tinder

Hatch Labs was the first official company that she joined before Tinder. As per Telegraph, it was she who named the dating app, and the inspiration behind it was a logo of Fire. Just like a flame, she fueled her knowledge, dedication, and great marketing skills to grow the company.

Soon she was elevated to the post of Vice-President of the marketing department. But things went wrong in 2014 following the relationship struggles with founder Justin Mateen. She even filed a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and discrimination against him.

It was a bad end to both Tinder and Whitney-Justin’s beautiful love story.

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3. Back With A Bang

Whitney never let hatred, breakup, and past affect her dreams and zeal to excel in life and career. She came up with an idea that nobody knew would change her and millions of women’s life. Whitney founded Bumble in 2014 and within a year, it reached more than 15 million users.

4. Most Important Woman Under Tech

Business Insider listed her in 30 Most Important Women under Tech and after two years she earned a mention in Elle– A French lifestyle Magazine. That’s not it, she was already a powerful woman till 2017 and even recognized by Forbes.

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5. A Life-Changing Event In Life Of Bumble CEO

Her success was already making noise but its fate turned when Badoo founder Andrey Andreev asked for a partnership. Bumble founder agreed and the company’s value rose to $1.5 billion in a year. By 2019, both app and Bumble CEO were standing only one step below Tinder.

6. Bumble CEO To Billionaire

After selling of MagicLab, the parent company of Bumble, Whitney Wolfe was made the company’s CEO and received 19% of the ownership. Within 2 years, her net worth increased and Forbes announced Whitney Wolfe Herd as the youngest self-made female billionaire in the world.

Now her name is taken along with the richest women of America such as former CEO of eBay Meg Whitman, Marian Illtich (Founder of Little Caesars Pizza), Judy Love, and newcomer Rihanna.