Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd wins men’s bracket in $1M March Madness competition, picking 43 of 63 games
NY Post
Whitney Wolfe Herd, the millionaire founder of dating app Bumble, won the top prize for Bloomberg’s men’s March Madness charity challenge by impressively picking 43 of 63 games accurately.
Her bracket picks included correctly choosing the entire Midwest region, and betting that the University of Connecticut would beat Indiana’s Purdue University in Monday’s match-up.
UConn, the favorite to clinch a repeat NCAA championship title, did just that, meaning Herd predicted how the tournament would go with 68% precision, Fortune earlier reported.
The 34-year-old dating app tycoon — whose net worth is pegged by Forbes at $320 million — also scored more than $1 million for her charity of choice — Baby2Baby, which provides diapers, clothes and other necessities to children living in poverty in the Los Angeles area.
What’s even more stunning is that Herd said there’s “no basketball prodigies over here,” telling Fortune that it only “takes a little research and a lot of luck.”
“The best part is the impact this fun competition will have on the charity recipients,” Herd added.
