“I'm going to be honest. Up until I started work on Bumble, the 'f-word' scared me. People would ask me if I was a feminist, and I didn't know how to respond. The word seemed to put guys off, but now I realise, who cares?”

Whitney Wolfe Herd is an American entrepreneur and activist. She co-founded Bumble, a dating app that empowers women to initiate conversations, and later became its CEO. Her work centers on gender equality, workplace culture, and creating inclusive spaces in tech and beyond.