Bumble Founder Becomes World s Youngest Self-Made Woman Billionaire At 31 Feb 12, 2021, 16:01 IST
The CEO and founder of Bumble has been crowned the world s youngest self-made woman billionaire at just 31 years old.
Dating app Bumble s 31-year-old Founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd has become the world s youngest self-made woman billionaire, according to Forbes.
The company was valued at $14 billion after its shares jumped over 76% in their stock market debut on Thursday. Wolfe Herd, who also co-founded rival app Tinder, ended the day with a net worth of $1.5 billion.
Whitney Wolfe Herd, who co-founded the women-empowering dating app in 2014, saw the worth in her 11.6 percent share in Bumble shoot up when shares in the company rocketed from $43 to $76 when it was launched on the NASDAQ exchange - making her worth a staggering $1.5 billion.