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Whitney Wolfe Herd: Dating app entrepreneur

How Whitney Wolfe Herd, who founded dating apps Bumble and Tinder, was briefly a billionaire.

Whitney Wolfe Herd, the 鈥渜ueen of the swipes鈥, launched a female-led dating app after a public scandal around her sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit against Tinder.

成人论坛 business editor Simon Jack and journalist Zing Tsjeng follow her story from a popular student with a flair for marketing, to carving her own path in the male-dominated tech world. Owning the 鈥榞irlboss鈥 image, she took her company Bumble public aged just 31 with her baby "on her hip", making her the youngest self-made female billionaire. But she wouldn鈥檛 stay one for long. Simon and Zing explore her story before deciding if they think she鈥檚 good, bad, or just another billionaire.

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