Whitney Wolfe Herd on burning out -- and bouncing back

Whitney Wolfe Herd on burning out -- and bouncing back

Whitney Wolfe Herd returned in March to lead Bumble, the dating app she founded and took public, following the unexpected departure of CEO Lidiane Jones.

Q&A with Whitney Wolfe Herd about returning as Bumble CEO, Tinder lawsuit, being bullish about using AI in dating apps, funding for female founders, and more

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Whitney Wolfe Herd on burning out — and bouncing back

Whitney Wolfe Herd returned in March to lead Bumble, the dating app she founded and took public, following the unexpected departure of CEO Lidiane Jones. Now, in a New York Times interview, Wolfe Herd opens up about what happened. "I had no intentions of coming back," Wolfe Herd says. Her post-Bumble life initially brought existential [ . . . ]

‘The Interview’: Can Whitney Wolfe Herd Make Us Love Dating Apps Again? - Software Unplugged

That was Andrey Andreev, who was the head of Badoo and was a co-creator of Bumble. And then you faced another workplace scandal after Bumble started, involving him. In 2019 Forbes published an investigation, and he was accused of creating a toxic and sexist work environment at Badoo’s London headquarters. He denied these allegations but ended up selling his majority stake not long after the article was published. It’s striking that you had to de…