Travis van der Zaanden net worth
Travis VanderZanden Net Worth and Salary: Travis VanderZanden is an American businessman who has a net worth of $400 million. Travis VanderZanden is best known as the founder and CEO of scooter-sharing service Bird. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and became a product manager at Qualcomm in 2002.
VanderZanden holds an MBA from the USC Marshall School of Business. From 2009 to 2011, he served as Yammer’s Chief Revenue Officer. Travis VanderZanden co-founded the on-demand car wash service Cherry and served as CEO before the company was acquired by Lyft. At the time he became Lyft’s COO and then Uber’s vice president of international growth. He founded his own company Bird in 2017. Scooters have caused some controversy because they are released into cities without prior permission or permission. They’re also popular in places like Santa Monica, where scooters litter the sidewalk every 10 feet. Thanks to its swift success, Bird has raised hundreds of millions of dollars and, as of this writing, has a book valuation of $2 billion. Typically, after a Series C round, the founders leave around 15% of the company. High end 20%. Assuming Travis VanderZanden manages to maintain 20% ownership of his company, his pre-tax net worth would be $400 million. According to unconfirmed reports, Travis personally cashed out $44 million in Bird’s final funding round. In November 2018, Travis paid $8 million in cash for a large house in Santa Monica, California.
