<p>Bumble's Whitney Wolfe Herd is stepping down as chief executive of the dating app operator she founded nearly a decade ago, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.</p>.<p>She will be succeeded by Lidiane Jones, CEO of Slack Technologies, on Jan. 2, according to the report, which said that Wolfe Herd will remain as executive chair.</p>.<p>Bumble did not immediately respond to a <em>Reuters</em> request for comment. The report comes a day ahead of the company's third-quarter earnings.</p>.<p>Bumble shares fell 1.5 per cent in premarket trading. They have lost more than a third of their value so far this year.</p>
<p>Bumble's Whitney Wolfe Herd is stepping down as chief executive of the dating app operator she founded nearly a decade ago, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.</p>.<p>She will be succeeded by Lidiane Jones, CEO of Slack Technologies, on Jan. 2, according to the report, which said that Wolfe Herd will remain as executive chair.</p>.<p>Bumble did not immediately respond to a <em>Reuters</em> request for comment. The report comes a day ahead of the company's third-quarter earnings.</p>.<p>Bumble shares fell 1.5 per cent in premarket trading. They have lost more than a third of their value so far this year.</p>