Andrey Andreev

Russian entrepreneur Andrey Andreev has built five online dating sites and apps since 2004: Mamba, Badoo, Bumble, Chappy and Lumen.

His most successful app in the U.S. by far is Bumble, cofounded with Whitney Wolfe Herd, which only allows female users to make the first reach-out.

In 2019, Andreev sold his majority stake in Bumble and Badoo to Blackstone Group in a deal that valued the sites at $3 billion.

In 2020, Andreev launched Stereo, an audio-only social media platform that competes with Clubhouse, another audio app.

Andreev got his start in the 1990s building and selling several startups including SpyLog, which tracked visitors to websites.