Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd Steps Down

Bumble Inc.’s Whitney Wolfe Herd is stepping down as chief executive of the company known for the female-focused dating app she founded nearly a decade ago.

She will be succeeded by Lidiane Jones, who became the chief executive of Slack Technologies in January. Jones starts as CEO of Bumble on Jan. 2. Wolfe Herd will remain at the company as executive chair.