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Bumble Founder: World’s Youngest Female Self-Made Billionaire: Whitney Wolfe Herd

Nov 14, 2022

In this engaging discussion, Whitney Wolfe Herd, founder and CEO of Bumble and the first self-made female billionaire, shares her journey after leaving Tinder. She opens up about the injustices that inspired her to create a dating app that empowers women. Whitney emphasizes the importance of authenticity and often shares her struggles with anxiety with her team. She reflects on the loneliness that can accompany success and advocates for a leadership style rooted in empathy and vulnerability, urging others to embrace their true selves.

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Whitney Wolfe Herd

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Episode notes

Intro

2min

Navigating Identity and Leadership in a Challenging Environment

3min

Empowering Authenticity: Challenging Toxic Norms

12min

Navigating Opportunities: From Education to Entrepreneurship

8min

The Birth of Dating Apps in College Culture

23min

Loneliness and Resilience Amid Success

3min

From Toxicity to Triumph

16min

Empowering Women in Dating: The Bumble Revolution

13min

Empathy and Vulnerability in Leadership

11min

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Exploring Inherent Goodness and Health Priorities

3min

Whitney Wolfe Herd is the founder of Bumble and the first self-made female billionaire on the planet. In this episode, she reveals after leaving Tinder in explosive circumstances, the injustices she faced drove her on to build a better kind of dating app.

A firm believer that the way to connect with people is by being authentic and being vulnerable, Whitney reveals she routinely shares with her staff her struggles with anxiety and when she’s not feeling on top of things. The only path to human connection lies through honesty, and Whitney breaks the mould to be as transparent with her employees as she can.

In one of our rawest and most emotional conversations with CEOs yet, Whitney reveals that she wanted to be the boss not because she wanted to, but because she thought the nature of her character meant she couldn’t work for anybody else.

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