Bumble (BMBL) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Whitney Wolfe Herd, Chief Executive Officer, Former Executive Chair, was paid $7.6M in 2025, up 26% from $6M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 43:1, on median employee pay of $178,674.

Filed
April 17, 2026
Annual meeting
June 4, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
7
CEO total pay
$7.6M+26% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
43:1median $178,674
CEO pay in equity
83%$6.3M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
98%of votes cast
Say on Pay Support
97.6%Prior year advisory vote
CEO Target Bonus
100%Percentage of annual base salary
Peer Group Size
18Companies in consumer technology and software

How Herd was paid

$7.6M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary9%Stock awards83%Non-equity incentive9%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Whitney Wolfe HerdChief Executive Officer, Former Executive Chair$7,617,828
Kevin CookChief Financial Officer$11,075,106
Deirdre RunnetteChief Legal Officer$7,861,678
Lidiane JonesFormer Chief Executive Officer$192,046
Anuradha B. SubramanianFormer Chief Financial Officer$104,000
Ron FiorFormer Interim Chief Financial Officer$638,367
Elizabeth MonteleoneFormer Chief Legal Officer$936,759

What changed and why

  • Whitney Wolfe Herd returned as Chief Executive Officer on March 17, 2025.
  • $7.6MCEO Whitney Wolfe Herd received total compensation of $7,617,828 for fiscal 2025.
  • 97.6%Stockholders approved the prior say-on-pay proposal with 97.6% support at last year's meeting.
  • Executive compensation balances base salary, short-term cash incentives, and long-term restricted stock units.
  • The peer group consists of 18 similarly-sized companies in consumer technology and software.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.