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- Feb 11, 202190% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Bumble IPO Makes Whitney Wolfe Herd Youngest Woman to Take a US Company Public
- Bumble began trading on the Nasdaq under "BMBL" on 11 February 2021, opening at $76, nearly 77% above its $43 IPO price[1][4]
- At 31, founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd became the youngest female founder to take a US company public[1][5]
- She rang the Nasdaq opening bell remotely from Bumble's Austin offices, holding her 1-year-old son[2][5]
- The IPO sold 50 million shares at $43, above the $37-$39 range, raising $2.15 billion; with the underwriters' option it reached about $2.5 billion[3][4][6]
- The shares closed the day at $70.31, giving the company a market value of about $7.7 billion[1][4]
- Bumble, founded in 2014, lets women make the first move in heterosexual matches[1]
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- [1]90%cnbc.com/2021/02/11/bumble-ipo-bmbl-starts-trading-on-nasdaq.htmlcnbc.com· Posted Sep 25, 2026· Starts Feb 11, 2021 ✓· 50% of score
CNBC, 11 February 2021: "Shares of Bumble[2] ... began trading Thursday" on the Nasdaq; the pricing release said trading was expected to begin "on February 11, 2021".
- [2]80%Bumble Goes Public: Read CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd's IPO Speech (Bumble)bumble.com· Added Sep 25, 2026· 50% of score
Bumble's own text of the address Wolfe Herd gave before ceremonially ringing the Nasdaq opening bell on February 11.
- [3]75%Bumble Completes $2.5 Billion Initial Public Offering (Simpson Thacher)stblaw.com· Published Feb 22, 2021· 0% of score
With the underwriters' option exercised, 57,500,000 shares were sold at $43 for gross proceeds of about $2.5 billion.[1]
- [4]85%Bumble shares close 63% higher on first day of trading (Yahoo Finance)finance.yahoo.com· Published Feb 11, 2021· 0% of score
Opened at $76, closed at $70.31, 63% above the $43 IPO price; sold 50 million shares, raising $2.15 billion.[1]
- [5]75%Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd took baby to Nasdaq opening (TODAY)today.com· Published Feb 11, 2021· 0% of score
Wolfe Herd, 31, rang Nasdaq's opening bell from Bumble's[2] Austin offices holding her 1-year-old son.
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