Wade Foster
Wade Foster
Co-founder & CEO | Zapier
Wade Foster is the CEO and co-founder of Zapier, a workflow automation tool used by over four million people to connect the work apps they use every day. Prior to Zapier, Wade worked as a customer development lead for The Idea Works, Inc. in Missouri. He is an alumnus of Y Combinator and has degrees in industrial engineering and business administration from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Wade Foster hit the headlines when he announced a $20,000 payout to his employees for “de-location” from his San Francisco office. Now the team is more than 200 remote people, based all over the world. Wade is also one of the biggest proponents and contributors to the remote work movement.
Checkout their guide to successful remote operations: https://zapier.com/learn/remote-work/how-manage-remote-team/