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FILE PHOTO: Lidiane Jones, CEO of Bumble, speaks during The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival in New York City, U.S., May 21, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
17 Jan 2025 09:38PM (Updated: 17 Jan 2025 09:44PM)
:Dating app operator Bumble said on Friday its founder and executive chair, Whitney Wolfe Herd, will become the chief executive of the company from mid-March after Lidiane Jones resigned as CEO.
The company’s shares rose nearly 5 per cent in premarket trading.
The company also said it expects to report fourth-quarter total revenue and Bumble app revenue above the midpoints of the previously provided forecast ranges.
Bumble added that Jones will continue as CEO until the transition.