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Title: Chief Executive Officer Company: Bumble Industry: Technology / Online Dating

Whitney Wolfe Herd is the CEO of Bumble, the female-focused dating app she launched in 2014. Having previously co-founded Tinder, she has revolutionised online dating through Bumble by making it so that women initiate contact first. In 2021, she became the youngest woman to take a company public in the US.

Title: Chief Executive Officer Company: Caterpillar Industry: Industrials / Machinery

Joe Creed is the Chairman and CEO of Caterpillar, having first joined the company nearly 30 years ago. He steadily advanced through key executive leadership roles, such as Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President and Group President, before taking on the CEO role in April 2026.

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