Whitney Wolfe herd on burning – and bounce back

Whitney Wolfe Herd returned in March to run Bumble, the dating app, which it founded and publicly following, following leaving of CEO Lidian Jones. Now in a Interview with New York TimesWolf flock opens to the incident.

“I had no intention of returning,” says Wolf Hurd. Her life after Bumble initially brought existential questions about her identity, eventually giving way to daily calls and on -board calls from the sidelines. This changed as Jones reached out to admit it was overloaded. Shortly after this conversation, Jones resigned.

Wolfe herd rejects the speculation of the conflict between them. “I think the world wants people – especially when she is a woman’s woman – they want to have some reef. There is no reef,” she emphasizes.

Wolfe Hurd recognized his own burning, reflected in Jones’ exhaustion. “I felt I was looking in a mirror. I had the feeling that I was looking at myself a year ago … (Jones) he had made some of the same mistakes I made that worked during that extra hour, making this extra journey.”

A flock that announced Friday of Instagram That she is expecting her third child, she turns to the company’s struggles in her interview with the Times. With Bumble this week reporting the first -quarter profit that fell 7.7% during the yearShe says, “Bumble needed me. To some extent, it’s an extension of me and watching the fall from its peak was very difficult.”