After nearly a decade of running Bumble, Whitney Wolfe Herd is stepping down as chief executive officer. Lidiane Jones, who is currently CEO at Slack, will succeed Wolfe Herd as CEO effective January 2, 2024, according to a company press release.
At that time, Wolfe Herd will take the executive chair at Bumble, a dating app company designed to give women the power to “make the first move.” She founded Bumble in 2014 to create a safer space for online dating for women. Unlike other apps, Bumble gives women the power to initiate conversations in order to protect them from being bombarded with unwanted messages from men. Under Wolfe Herd’s leadership, Bumble has also become a global leader in advocating for women’s safety online. Wolfe Herd also made history in 2021 when Bumble launched an initial public offering on Nasdaq; at 31, she was the youngest female CEO to take a company public, raising more than $2 billion from investors.
