Wolfe Herd’s software has expanded beyond dating, with features female that is promoting and profession . [+] networking.

Some users of Bumble, Whitney Wolfe Herd’s app that is dating are fortunate enough to swipe right and discover love, a fresh buddy or even a work possibility. Wolfe Herd, though, could be the luckiest of all of the: The application, which Forbes values at $1 billion, has had its 29-year-old creator a $230 million fortune. While Wolfe Herd missed the cut with this year’s Forbes selection of America’s Richest Self-Made ladies, Forbes predicts it won’t be too much time it has before she joins the ranks, assuming Bumble keeps growing at the rate.

Bumble’s biggest competitor is Tinder, started in 2012 among the very very very first “swiping” dating apps,using a client’s location to get matches. Wolfe Herd really assisted build what exactly is now her adversary. She cofounded Tinder, but left the business in 2014, claiming harassment that is sexual her cofounder and ex-boyfriend Justin Mateen.

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