Whitney Wolfe Herd: The Story Behind the Fortune
Whitney Wolfe Herd founded the dating app Bumble, built around the idea of women making the first move. When Bumble went public in 2021 she became, at 31, the youngest woman to take a US company public.
Whitney Wolfe Herd founded the dating app Bumble, built around the idea of women making the first move. When Bumble went public in 2021 she became, at 31, the youngest woman to take a US company public.
Whitney Wolfe Herd built this fortune from the ground up — a self-made success in technology & dating apps.
She studied at Southern Methodist University and is based in Austin, Texas.
A few of the highlights on the public record: Co-founded Tinder before launching Bumble; Became the youngest woman to take a US company public, in 2021; Built Bumble around women making the first move.
The fortune shows up across our lists, too: #11 on The World's Richest Women (out of 11 tracked), #6 on The Youngest Billionaires (Under 45) (out of 8 tracked).
On net worth alone, the closest companies are Elon Musk ($417.59B) and Michael Dell ($324.48B) — a reminder of how tightly bunched the very top of the wealth list really is.
Today, Whitney is worth an estimated $945.45M — #49 in the world on our real-time list, a figure that moves with BMBL's share price.