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Monday, October 9, 2017

Vogue.com: Bumble Founder Whitney Wolfe’s Whirlwind Wedding Was a True Celebration of Southern Italy

Produced by Sugokuii Events, creatively headed by Diana Sorensen, featured on Vogue.com, Oct. 5, 2017 

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Bumble Founder Whitney Wolfe and Michael Herd’s Wedding in Positano


Whitney Wolfe, the founder and CEO of Bumble, has made matchmaking her business. Her dating app is 20-million-users strong and well known for its feminist approach to the online courting process—when two heterosexual users are matched, a connection can only be made if the woman makes the first move. (The company has since expanded its reach with the launch of Bumble BFF in March of 2016 and Bumble Bizz earlier this week.)



















Whitney Wolfe, the founder and CEO of Bumble, has made matchmaking her business. Her dating app is 20-million-users strong and well known for its feminist approach to the online courting process—when two heterosexual users are matched, a connection can only be made if the woman makes the first move. (The company has since expanded its reach with the launch of Bumble BFF in March of 2016 and Bumble Bizz earlier this week.)
As fate would have it, for the entrepreneur and her now husband, Michael Herd (who’s a restaurateur as well as in the oil-and-gas business) sparks first flew IRL as opposed to virtually, but their love story still started with Whitney unabashedly taking the lead.
It was just before Christmas in 2013, and the two were on vacation in Aspen with their respective families when a mutual friend introduced them one afternoon. The next day, that same friend and Whitney came barreling down the slopes only to find Michael having a long, leisurely lunch on what was a very optimal ski day. “I sat down next to him and was giving him a hard time about wasting such amazing conditions,” remembers Whitney. “Michael admitted he didn’t know how to ski, and being from Utah and having grown up skiing, I was perplexed as to why someone who couldn’t ski would be on a ski vacation.” He quickly suggested she teach him how.
“I was up for the challenge and excited to slyly show off my skills,” Whitney says. “So up the gondola we went. I spent every minute of that long ride boasting about my expertise. He said that he was nervous and suggested that I go slow so he could keep up. When we got off, he picked up my skis and got me clicked in. I thought, Hmm, that’s weird, that’s kind of a pro move, but then quickly started down the hill. I went as fast as I could and thought he was long behind me. Next thing I know, he passes me backward. When we got to the bottom, he clicked off my skis, handed them over, and said, ‘Y’all have a good day!’ My life has never been the same since!”
After leaving Colorado, the two spent hours on the phone, but didn’t see each other again until the end of January. They started dating officially on Valentine’s Day, and a proposal came in June two years later.
 Sugokuii Events, produced by Marco Caputo 
 DAY 1 - Welcome Dinner in Capri



 DAY 2 - Rehearsal Dinner on the Amalfi coast



 DAY 3 - Wedding Reception in Positano



                    DAY 4 - boozy Brunch by the sea
















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