
Chad Foster
- Harvard-educated Executive Dealmaker, Billion-dollar Generator, Job Creator
- Pursue Your Success with Blind Ambition
- Change – Disruption – Mindset – Transformation
- Resilience Leader, Blind Black Diamond Skier, Motivational Speaker, Author
- First blind executive to complete the Harvard leadership program
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What Chad Foster's clients say
"The highlight of the Sales Kick Off … was Chad’s inspirational talk. I have eyes but lack [his] vision…. [He is] indeed a visionary."
"He energized the crowd with a laughter-filled presentation [and] a high-impact message, earning a standing ovation from the hundreds of business leaders in attendance."
"Highly recommend Chad if you are looking to build a team that thrives in change!"
"There are a few moments in every person’s life that they can never forget…the hall erupted into applause…jumping to their feet for an instant standing ovation…a lot of us had tears in our eyes…in that moment I decided to commission an opera based on Chad’s life…"
"One of the most inspirational humans I’ve ever had the privilege to meet and learn from."
"I walked out with a whole new outlook on life just listening to Foster sharing his life experience. A true visionary!!"
"We were fortunate to have Chad present at our sales rally this year and the feedback was outstanding. His message and alignment with our theme was spot-on. He held our teams attention from start to finish. His pre-call work really paid big dividends."
"High scores, well received, has a motivational and powerful story. Good use of humor in his delivery. Would strongly recommend. Many wanted him to come and speak at their facility."
"Heartfelt and powerful. Brought me to tears and lifted me up with laughter. [Chad] really is changing lives."
"Everyone was thrilled with the talk and felt that if anyone missed it, they really missed out."
"The way Chad has overcome his challenges will help motivate all of us to overcome the (by comparison) small obstacles in our lives."
"This was unbelievably incredible, so moving and motivational. It truly puts life and approach into perspective and I could not be more grateful to have been here to experience this today."
"Our audience agreed that the event was a valuable investment of their time. “More speakers like Chad next time!”; “When I saw 90 minutes on the agenda for this session I was dreading it, but it was over before I knew it and I was wishing it was longer!” Chad’s was the only session of the event that received TWO standing ovations."
"You inspired many people, reflecting on their own mindset and attitude toward their lives, personally and professionally. Thank you for such an inspiring keynote speech."
"Excellent, dynamic, and powerful opening keynote speaker. I highly recommend Chad E. Foster to other event organizers and am so thankful he agreed to deliver the opening keynote for our industry event."
"Chad touches your heart and powers your will."
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Chad Foster's 2025 biography
About Chard Foster
Read Chad E. Foster’s resume and you know he’s a rainmaker. A billion-dollar revenue generator, a job creator, a tech innovator. What’s not so obvious? He’s blind. And when he speaks to audiences, he shares a powerful message: His loss of eyesight as a young adult didn’t hold him back. Instead, he embraced obstacles as opportunities.
Chad became the first blind executive to graduate Harvard Business School’s leadership program and did what Oracle said couldn’t be done, becoming the first to create CRM software for the visually-impaired. Turning adversity into advantage, he thrived at a Fortune 500 company, directing financial strategies that resulted in billions in revenue, industry-leading growth, and best-in-class margins despite hypercompetitive market conditions.
Today, Chad teaches this same overcomer mindset to companies around the world, breaking down the anatomy of resilience using his tried and tested tools to empower people to emerge from setbacks stronger, sleeker, and resolute to succeed. He believes in helping others turn their challenges into opportunities, a mission that he values even more than his eyesight.
Connecting inspiration to implementation™, Chad provides a roadmap for overcoming obstacles and achieving the impossible. His keynotes are a blend of heartfelt stories, entertaining delivery, no-fluff truth-telling, and practical strategies tailored to empower individuals and teams to transcend their limitations. With Chad, audiences receive actionable insights on fostering a mindset of growth and resilience, driving them to redefine their boundaries.
His keynotes are not just talks; they are transformative experiences that ignite change, inspire action, and unlock potential. When you invite Chad to your event, you’re securing a catalyst for positive transformation, leaving your audience motivated, equipped, and eager to tackle their challenges with newfound vigor.
His direct and confident style, combined with a go-for-it inspiring belief system — he is an avid downhill skier and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner (that’s not a joke), has made him a high-impact keynote speaker for leaders at companies such as Google, IBM, Salesforce, GE and Microsoft. He’d be honored to inspire actions that drive outcomes at your next event.
Chad Foster's 2025 talks & topics
BLIND AMBITION: How to Go from Victim to Visionary
In this signature keynote, Chad will entertain, inspire, and move your audience, while teaching them how to shift their mindset from victim to visionaryTM. Going blind at 21-years-old and facing a life with seemingly limited opportunities, Chad had to reinvent himself before even having a shot at success.
Turning obstacles into opportunities, he became a Harvard-educated rainmaker, created countless jobs, and now he teaches teams how to cultivate resilient mindsets, adapt and thrive in change, and set ambitious goals with the right mindset to achieve them.
This program gives your people the tools and inspiration to overcome difficult circumstances and create a promising positive future. More than just a motivational talk, this session connects inspiration to implementation.
NO MORE COMFORT ZONES: Growth Through Adversity
Life without obstacles removes opportunity for growth. For any of us to grow, we need to step outside our comfort zones. In this powerful keynote, Chad teaches how the obstacles that lie in front of us can propel us towards our goals.
Every organization finds itself face-to-face with problems that can seem insurmountable. Beyond Chad’s personal path of overcoming overwhelming odds, his business track record for moving through challenges and improving results gives a unique perspective on how comfort zones hold us back.
Chad will talk about how he’s not successful in spite of being blind. He is successful because he’s blind. He embraced his problem and turned it into a solution. In this session Chad will teach your teams how to realize exponential growth through adversity.
DIVERSITY: The Engine for Innovation
Chad was born part of the mainstream majority, but after going blind in college, he was treated differently as a disabled minority. After living over 20 years in both social groups, his unique vantage points of both worlds allow him to equip your teams to think differently about Diversity and Inclusion (DnI) in the workplace.
Chad goes beyond just valuing each person. He will show how DnI drives business innovation. We know that diversity of thought creates change, and when harnessed correctly, change drives innovation. How can we create a culture that invites diversity of thought to have a welcomed seat at the table so each individual feels valued to contribute? This session shows how you can unlock the value of DnI in your workplace to power the innovation your business needs to thrive.
VICTIM TO VISIONARY: Resilience Workshop
In this workshop Chad will lead you through the steps you can take to improve resilience. He teaches the practical tools you can apply to any situation in order to move your mindset from victim to visionary.
During this session you will map out your resilience journey. After setting out your own personal vision of greatness, you will see your life more clearly than you ever have before. It can set you free to discover the amazing advantages that your disadvantages offer. You can then seek your own gifts that are disguised in terrible wrapping paper and see how the unique perspectives you’ve gained from those disadvantages contribute to your vision of greatness.
Nothing in life is permanent. Everybody and everything changes. The only certainty is change. The key is figuring out how you will adapt.