Whitney Wolfe Herd

Whitney Wolfe Herd is an American entrepreneur and businesswoman. She is the founder and CEO of Bumble, a dating app where women make the first move. Before launching Bumble, Wolfe Herd co-founded and served as Vice President of Marketing for Tinder's dating app. She left the company in 2014 and later filed a lawsuit against Tinder's parent company, alleging sexual harassment and discrimination.

In 2014, Wolfe Herd founded Bumble, quickly becoming one of the most popular dating apps. The app has since expanded to include professional networking and friend-finding features. In 2019, Wolfe Herd became the youngest self-made female billionaire in the world, and Bumble's parent company, MagicLab, was acquired by Blackstone for $3 billion.

Wolfe Herd was born Whitney Wolfe in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Kelly Wolfe, who was Catholic, and Michael Wolfe, a property developer, who was Jewish. Wolfe Herd attended Judge Memorial Catholic High School. When she was in sixth grade, the family went on a sabbatical in Paris, France.

Wolfe Herd attended Southern Methodist University, where she majored in international studies and was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. While in college and at 20, she started a business selling bamboo tote bags to benefit areas affected by the BP oil spill. Wolfe Herd partnered with celebrity stylist Patrick Aufdenkamp to launch the non-profit organization called the "Help Us Project".

The bags received national press after celebrities such as Rachel Zoe, and Nicole Richie were photographed with them. Soon after, she introduced a second business with Aufdenkamp called "Tender Heart," a clothing line dedicated to raising awareness around human trafficking and fair trade. After graduating, Wolfe Herd traveled to Southeast Asia, where she worked with orphanages.