From the Editor

  • Steve Fredette is cofounder and co-president of Toast, which makes restaurant software. He owns 6.6% of the company.
  • Toast listed on the New York Stock Exchange in a September 2021 IPO that was the largest ever by a Boston-based company.
  • Fredette leads product and innovation initiatives at Toast.
  • Fredette and his cofounders?Aman Narang and Jonathan Grimm?attended MIT and worked at Cambridge, Massachusetts search software company Endeca.
  • The trio launched Toast in 2012 as a mobile payments app for restaurants. The software has expanded to include features for online ordering and delivery.

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Personal Stats
Age
42
Source of Wealth
payments software, Self Made
Residence
Boston, Massachusetts
Citizenship
United States
Education
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institue of Technology
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