What Does Bumble CEO Think of Competing Dating App Tinder? Whitney Wolfe Herd, CEO of Bumble and former employee of Tinder, shared her thoughts about the competing app at this year's SXSW festival. Whitney Wolfe Herd Whitney Wolfe Herd Herd created Bumble, which is a female-friendly dating app, after leaving Tinder in 2014 due to alleged sexual harassment and discrimination. On Bumble, only women can initiate chats with male users, a similar feature that Tinder confirmed it would launch last month. According to Herd, Bumble expects to bring in $150 million from paid subscriptions this year.