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Bumble Executive Compensation (FY25)

BMBL · Austin, TX · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Whitney Wolfe Herd
Median of the other named officers
$787,563
6 officers, excluding the chief executive
Latest say-on-pay support
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June 4, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
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What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Whitney Wolfe Herd: $6,045,649 → $7,617,828 (26.0% higher)
CEO pay ratio: 189:1 → 43:1 (77.2% lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Bumble's chief executive and what were they paid?
Whitney Wolfe Herd, Chief Executive Officer, received $7,617,828 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Wolfe Herd's total moved 26.0% higher from the $6,045,649 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Bumble's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, the say-on-pay proposal drew 94.5% support at the meeting held June 4, 2026.
Which companies are in Bumble's peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Angi Inc., BlackLine, Inc., CarGurus, Inc., Etsy, Inc. and Five9, Inc., among others.
What is Bumble's chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 43:1, against median employee compensation of $178,674.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Whitney Wolfe Herd
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Tariq Shaukat
President
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Anuradha Subramanian
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Laura Franco
Chief Legal and Compliance Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Whitney Wolfe Herd
Executive Chair; Former Chief Executive Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Tariq Shaukat
Former President
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇◇——◇◇
Laura Franco
Former Chief Legal and Compliance Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇◇——◇◇
Anuradha Subramanian
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Lidiane Jones
Former Chief Executive Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇◇◇◇◇—◇◇
Whitney Wolfe Herd
Chief Executive Officer, Former Executive Chair
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Anuradha B. Subramanian
Former Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Elizabeth Monteleone
Former Chief Legal Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇◇◇◇◇—◇◇
Laura Franco
Former Chief Legal and Compliance Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—————◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Kevin Cook
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Deirdre Runnette
Chief Legal Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Whitney Wolfe Herd
Chief Executive Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Elizabeth Monteleone
Former Chief Legal Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
Ron Fior
Former Interim Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
Served on an interim basis
——————◇◇
Lidiane Jones
Former Chief Executive Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—————◇◇
Anuradha Subramanian
Former Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—————◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Deirdre RunnetteRSU◇——◇——◇
Elizabeth MonteleoneRSU◇——◇——◇
Kevin CookRSU◇——◇——◇
Whitney Wolfe HerdRSU◇——◇——◇
Fiscal 2022, 2023, 2024 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Whitney Wolfe HerdRSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇3/14/2033
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇5/28/2034
Kevin CookRSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.
Anuradha Subramanian
Chief Financial Officer · Amended agreement · citing a 2022 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Benefits continuation◇
Excise tax treatment◇
Elizabeth Monteleone
Former Chief Legal Officer · Employment agreement · citing a 2025 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Benefits continuation◇
Excise tax treatment◇
Clawback◇
Lidiane Jones
Former Chief Executive Officer · Employment agreement · citing a 2023 filing
Severance multiple◇
Change-in-control trigger◇
Benefits continuation◇
Clawback◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Ann Mather
◇◇————◇
R. Lynn Atchison
◇◇————◇
Elisa A. Steele
◇◇————◇
Pamela A. Thomas-Graham
◇◇————◇
Amy M. Griffin
◇◇————◇
Sissie L. Hsiao
◇◇————◇
Matthew S. Bromberg
◇—————◇
Jonathan C. Korngold, Whitney Wolfe Herd and Martin Brand served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Board equity retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Lead independent director premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Audit committee member◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Compensation committee member◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Nominating and governance member◇
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Angi Inc. ANGI
  • BlackLine, Inc. BL
  • CarGurus, Inc. CARG
  • Etsy, Inc. ETSY
  • Five9, Inc. FIVN
  • fuboTV, Inc. FUBO
  • GoodRX Holdings, Inc. GDRX
  • Healthpeak Properties, Inc. DOC
  • Match Group, Inc. MTCH
  • Nextdoor Holdings NXDR
  • Pinterest, Inc. PINS
  • Reddit, Inc. RDDT
  • Shutterstock, Inc. SSTK
  • Stitch Fix, Inc. SFIX
  • Tripadvisor, Inc. TRIP
  • Udemy, Inc. UDMY
  • Yelp Inc. YELP
  • ZipRecruiter, Inc. ZIP

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025June 4, 2026=◇◇◇
2024June 5, 2025=◇◇◇
2023June 5, 2024=◇◇◇
2022June 6, 2023=◇◇◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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187 figures on this page: 183 cited to the filing that reported them, 4 calculated from figures it prints.
183 cited to the filing
4 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001193125-26-261767
    Proposal 3: Advisory (Non-Binding) Vote To Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation.
  2. 0001628280-26-025680
    CEO Pay Ratio · COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
  3. 0001193125-25-137071
    Proposal 3: Advisory (Non-Binding) Vote To Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation.
  4. 0001193125-25-084347
    Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0000950170-24-069924
  6. 0001193125-24-102910
    Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0001193125-23-162528
  8. 0001193125-23-110547
    Summary Compensation Table
  9. 0000950170-22-025291
    EX-10.16
  10. 0000950170-25-030151
    EX-10.19
  11. 0001193125-23-270887
    EX-10.13
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Peers Bumble discloses

The companies named in BMBL's own disclosed peer group.

Angi Inc.BlackLine, Inc.CarGurus, Inc.Etsy, Inc.Five9, Inc.fuboTV, Inc.GoodRX Holdings, Inc.Healthpeak Properties, Inc.Match Group, Inc.Nextdoor HoldingsPinterest, Inc.Reddit, Inc.Shutterstock, Inc.Stitch Fix, Inc.Tripadvisor, Inc.Udemy, Inc.Yelp Inc.ZipRecruiter, Inc.

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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