Profile of Whitney Wolfe Herd, CEO of Bumble, the women-first dating app with $100M/year sales that, sources say, is talking to Match Group about a $1B+ buyout
This Bitcoin Mining Technique Is Being Used in Malware Fitz Tepper / TechCrunch : Match Group is still in talks to acquire Bumble with a valuation over $1B Tweets: Hussein Kanji / @hkanji : The real winner here is the founder of Badoo, who owns 79% of Bumble http://nzzl.us/u1hczUl via @nuzzel Clare O'Connor / @clare_oc : Whitney Wolfe Herd, 28, was offered well over $1 billion from Match Group for her @bumble_app - their 2nd offer in as many months. That scoop and more in my @Forbes #30Under30 cover story: https://www.forbes.com/... Sarah Kunst / @sarahkunst : So in awe of @bumble_app ceo #whitneywolfeherd. She's a fighter who redefined what it means to date online & when she ran into sexism she handled it masterfully and then built a brand new company to redefine online connections again. And she's 28. https://www.forbes.com/... Chloe Sorvino / @chloesorvino : “We're taking out the soliciting nature and the sexism that exists in networking,” says @bumble_app's 28-year-old founder Whitney Wolfe Herd. Must read of the day is @Clare_OC profile of the billion-dollar dating app. https://www.forbes.com/... Miguel Helft / @mhelft : Tinder parent Match Group has tried to buy dating phenom Bumble. Twice, including for more than $1 billion recently. http://www.forbes.com/... See also Mediagazer