Whitney Wolfe Herd

Whitney Wolfe Herd (born July 5, 1989) is an American entrepreneur. She is the founder, executive chair, and former CEO of publicly traded Bumble, an online dating platform, launched in 2014. She is a co-founder of Tinder and was previously its Vice President of Marketing.

Whitney Wolfe Herd
Herd in 2018
Born
Whitney Wolfe

July 1989 (age 34)
EducationSouthern Methodist University (BA)
Occupations
  • Entrepreneur
  • business executive
Known for
Spouse
Michael Herd
(m. 2017)
Children2

Herd was named as one of 2017's and 2018's Forbes 30 Under 30, and, in 2018, she was named in the Time 100 List. In February 2021, Herd became the world's youngest female billionaire when she took Bumble public. She is the youngest woman to have taken a company public in the United States, at age 31.

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