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Chad Foster

Harvard-Educated Executive Dealmaker, Billion Dollar Generator, Job Creator, Author of Blind Ambition

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Chad E. Foster is more than a keynote speaker—he’s a catalyst for peak performance in an era of nonstop disruption. After going blind at 21, Chad became a Harvard-educated executive, tech innovator, and billion-dollar dealmaker. He built CRM software Oracle said was impossible, created transformative business strategies that delivered industry-leading growth and best-in-class margins, and became a black diamond skier and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner—all without eyesight—proving that limitations are only real if you believe them.

Chad doesn’t just inspire—he equips. His Blind Ambition Framework™ fuses human performance principles with AI-era adaptability to deliver real tools for building and scaling resilient teams, accountable cultures, and sales organizations that win when it counts. Whether speaking on leadership, innovation, change, or sales, Chad arms audiences with actionable strategies and mindsets they can apply immediately.

Top brands like Google, Salesforce, ADP, and Blue Cross have trusted Chad to power performance. After one keynote, a client reported 40% YoY revenue growth, calling it “unlike anything we’ve seen from a guest speaker.”

Chad doesn’t provide feel-good fluff. He provides a framework that challenges your team, shifts mindsets, and revs up results—connecting inspiration to implementation™.

Speaking Topics

BLIND AMBITION™: How To Go From Victim To Visionary™

In this powerful and transformative keynote, Chad Foster shares his inspiring journey of resilience, reinvention, and unyielding ambition. At just 21 years old, Chad lost his sight and faced a future filled with uncertainty and seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Yet, instead of being defined by his limitations, Chad redefined them—becoming a Harvard-educated rainmaker, creating jobs, and forging a path to extraordinary success.


With his signature blend of humor, heart, and hard-earned wisdom, Chad reveals how individuals and teams can shift from a victim mindset to a visionary one, harnessing the power of adversity to unlock new possibilities. He teaches audiences how to cultivate resilience, thrive in the face of change, and set ambitious goals—all while equipping them with the mindset and strategies to turn those goals into reality.

More than just an inspiring story, this keynote delivers actionable tools to help attendees navigate challenges, build a brighter future, and connect inspiration to real-world implementation. Attendees will walk away with a renewed sense of purpose, the resilience to overcome any obstacle, and the vision to achieve their most ambitious goals.

Audience Takeaways:
  • Transform Obstacles into Opportunities: Audiences will learn how to shift their mindset from feeling powerless in the face of adversity to seeing challenges as opportunities for growth and success, no matter the circumstances.
  • Resilient Mindset for Lasting Change: Chad’s story will inspire attendees to build their own resilience, empowering them to adapt, thrive, and persevere through any change or uncertainty they face in their personal or professional lives.
  • Ambitious Goal Setting with Actionable Steps: Attendees will leave with practical tools and strategies to set bold, visionary goals and the mindset needed to achieve them, turning inspiration into actionable steps for long-term success.

NO MORE COMFORT ZONES: Growth Through Adversity

Life without obstacles removes opportunities 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.

VICTIM TO VISIONARYTM: 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.

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Testimonials

"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!"

"The highlight of the Sales Kick Off … was Chad’s inspirational talk. I have eyes but lack [his] vision…. [He is] indeed a visionary."

"Chad was phenomenal – he delivered an incredible keynote that exceeded every expectation we had for the conference. Chad delivered far beyond expectations, weaving in just enough of our industry language and context to make his keynote feel deeply relevant to the work we do. That extra effort on his part made a real difference and helped the audience connect with him on a deeper level. His message was not only universally impactful, regardless of industry or job role, but also incredibly timely given the uncertainty and constant change we’re facing with technology and the growing pressure for performance and growth. Chad was truly outstanding. Attendees described him as charismatic, personable, funny, passionate, and approachable. His message was referenced repeatedly throughout other presentations, and he had a long line of people waiting to speak with him afterward, which he graciously accommodated."

“ASAE had a very positive experience in working with Chad Foster. As event organizers, we know we are only as good as those who stand on stage in front of our valued audiences. Chad’s presentation was unique, interesting, emotional, and, dare I say, spellbinding. In an auditorium of over 4,000 people, we could have heard a pin drop. The way Chad laid out his story kept the audience engaged until the last word. We know when a speaker is effective, it makes the organizers look good. When they are also lovely human beings, it makes the experience even better. Not only did Chad make us look good, but he was attentive prior to the meeting to assure he was “on point”, great to work with the day of the event, and gracious with his time after his presentation, staying on for photo ops and to meet with our leaders. Chad was an absolute home run for our Annual Meeting. I would not hesitate to recommend Chad Foster to any organization looking for something different and special.”

“[He] knocked it out of the park! The messaging, linking it to our mission statements...everything was spot on! It was truly a moving experience for all who had the pleasure of seeing [him] speak. Could not have been more happy with the choice we made. That evening I had 20+ people come up to me and tell me how much they were impacted by [Chad's] words. [He has] a gift and I appreciate [him] sharing it with us all!”

"Chad lost his eyesight at 21 years old but developed vision better than anyone else I know…speaking at a Life Time Inc. event. I had to follow him on stage after the entire audience hung on every word he spoke…courage, resilience, optimism, goodness, funny, inspirational, aspirational… It was an amazing speech that I’ll always remember. As I gathered myself on stage, I told the audience that I had a similar experience having to follow Jocko Willink on stage and that I’d rather fight Jocko then ever have to follow Chad on stage again."

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