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Bumble gave women more power in dating. Now the app is giving women power in the boardroom.

Founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd, 31, is expected to take her company public with a female chair and women occupying eight spots on its 11-member board, a rarity in corporate boardrooms

February 5, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. EST
Bumble founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd, in taking the company public, will join a small, exclusive club of female chief executives. (Caitlin Ochs/Reuters)

Dating app Bumble is known for letting women make the first move. That power play will extend into the boardroom later this month when the women-dominated company is expected to make its debut as a publicly traded company.

Bumble founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd, 31, is expected to take her company public with a female chair and women occupying eight spots on its 11-member board, or more than 70 percent, a figure rarely seen in corporate boardrooms.