Bumble

The founder

Whitney Wolfe Herd co-founded Tinder before leaving in 2014 amid a much-publicized lawsuit, then launched Bumble that same year with backing from Badoo founder Andrey Andreev, built around the idea of women making the first move. She grew Bumble into a major dating-app rival to Match Group’s properties and took it public on Nasdaq in February 2021 at age 31, becoming the youngest woman to take a U.S. company public and an instant self-made billionaire. She stepped down as CEO in 2024, later returning as executive chair.

How it was taken public

Bumble’s IPO priced above its target range at $43 a share on February 11, 2021, raising $2.2 billion in an upsized offering at roughly an $8.2 billion valuation. Shares surged 64% on their first trading day, pushing the company’s market cap toward $13 billion and Wolfe Herd’s personal stake past $1 billion.