Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd. Getty/Vivien Killilea Once a victim of online harassment, Whitney Wolfe Herd is working to make the internet a kinder place for women with female-led dating app Bumble. Before Bumble, Wolfe Herd cofounded rival dating app Tinder, but left the company two years later and filed […]
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Jack Ma faces Ant Group overhaul after China regulators halt IPO
HONG KONG — Jack Ma’s Ant Group is being forced by Beijing into a comprehensive overhaul after a significant tightening of regulations around China’s top online financial platform halted plans for the world’s largest initial public offering. Ant, which was set to raise up to $39.6 billion this week in Shanghai and Hong […]
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BTS’s Loyal Army of Fans Is the Secret Weapon Behind a $4 Billion I.P.O.
It’s 10:30 on a Monday night, and Ashley Hackworth is putting the final touches on a personal project to make the world’s biggest boy band a little bit bigger. Ms. Hackworth, who teaches English in South Korea, is on a Zoom call with five other fans of the Korean pop […]
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China’s piggy bank, the National Social Security Fund, set to be among Ant Group’s top IPO investors
Ant Group is making room for China’s state pension fund, the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), to buy shares during the financial technology giant’s blockbuster initial public offering (IPO) in the coming weeks, according to people familiar with the matter. The group is favouring long-term investors who backed the country’s […]
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Meet Whitney Wolfe Herd, the 31-year-old CEO of the female-led dating app Bumble that’s about to file for a $6 billion IPO
Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd. Getty/Vivien Killilea Once a victim of online harassment, Whitney Wolfe Herd is working to make the internet a kinder place for women with female-led dating app Bumble. Before Bumble, Wolfe Herd cofounded rival dating app Tinder, but left the company two years later and filed […]
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How Bumble grew from a female-focused dating app to a global behemoth that’s reportedly headed toward an IPO valued at more than $6 billion
Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Female-focused dating app Bumble was founded in late 2014 by Whitney Wolfe Herd and Andrey Andreev, the founder of dating app Badoo. Wolfe Herd was one of the cofounders of Tinder, but she left the company and later filed a sexual harassment lawsuit […]