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After stints as COO of Lyft and VP of Growth at Uber, VanderZanden founded Bird in 2017 and built the fastest company ever to reach unicorn status—14 months—while creating the micro-mobility category that reshaped how cities approach short-trip transportation.
Travis VanderZanden is the Founder and former CEO of Bird, the electric scooter-sharing company that helped launch the global micro-mobility category.
VanderZanden founded Bird in 2017 after serving as COO of Lyft and VP of Growth at Uber, and grew the company to unicorn status in 14 months. Despite later financial restructuring at Bird, his work shaped how cities approach first-mile and last-mile transportation.
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