Whitney Wolfe is an American entrepreneur. She is the Founder and CEO of Bumble, she is a co-founder of the dating app Tinder.
Wolfe was named one of 2017's Forbes 30 under 30. As of April 2016, Tinder and Bumble are the first and fourth most popular dating apps respectively, according to monthly user base. Wolfe was named one of Business Insider's 30 Most Important Women Under 30 In Tech in 2014. In 2016, she was named as one of Elle's Women in Tech.[14] Andrey Andreev, founder of Badoo, contacted Wolfe about creating a dating platform and partnered on a new company with Wolfe in 2014. Bumble was launched in 2014 and has over 11 million registered users. Bumble is launching into new verticals such as bumble bizz, and they're already launched, BumbleBFF, for finding friends. Time.com said the company is worth an estimated 500,000,000 (http://time.com/4395436/bumble-has-a-bold-plan-to-take-on-linkedin/)
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Early life and education
Wolfe was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to property developer Michael and housewife Kelly. Wolfe attended Southern Methodist University, where she majored in International Studies. While in college, she started a business at the age of 19 selling bamboo tote bags benefiting areas affected by the BP oil spill. Wolfe partnered with celebrity stylist Patrick Aufdenkamp to launch the non-profit organization called the "Help Us Project." The bags received national press after celebrities such as Rachel Zoe and Nicole Richie were photographed with them. After graduating, Wolfe traveled to Southeast Asia where she worked with orphanages.
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Career
At age 22, Wolfe joined Hatch Labs. Through Hatch, Wolfe became involved with the startup Cardify, a project led by Sean Rad through the through Hatch Labs IAC incubator. The project was later abandoned, but Wolfe co-founded the dating app Tinder with Rad, Chris Gulzcynski and Justin Mateen in 2012 within the IAC startup incubator. Wolfe became vice president of marketing for Tinder and was reportedly behind the name of the app, taking the idea from their previous work with Cadify. She has also been credited with fueling its popularity on college campuses and growing its user base. Wolfe left the company in 2014. Her departure from Tinder was in part due to growing tensions with other company executives. After leaving the company, Wolfe filed a lawsuit against Tinder for sexual harassment. Wolfe reportedly received a more than $1 million settlement in addition to stock in the company.
Andrey Andreev, founder of Badoo, contacted Wolfe about creating a dating platform and partnered with Wolfe, and the company remains majority owned by Badoo. Wolfe moved to Austin, Texas and founded Bumble, a dating app that gives women more control than traditional dating apps, in December 2014. By December 2015, the app had reached over 15 million unique conversations and 80 million matches.
As of April 2016, Tinder and Bumble are the first and fourth most popular dating apps respectively, according to monthly user base. Wolfe was named one of Business Insider's 30 Most Important Women Under 30 In Tech in 2014. In 2016, she was named as one of Elle's Women in Tech.
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