As founder and CEO, Ben Wright leads strategy and growth of Velocity Global and its hundreds of global team members. Wright founded the company in 2014 as a revolutionary way for businesses to expand and hire across global markets and applies two decades of experience supporting clients’ global business and distributed teams. Today, the company’s Global Work Platform™ offers a full suite of talent solutions, including global Employer of Record (EoR) and Contractor Management, to help thousands of companies compliantly onboard, manage, and pay full-time and part-time talent, contractors, and freelancers anywhere. Wright is a recognized expert on the future of work and global expansion strategies. He was a national finalist for EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year and holds a B.B.A. in Accounting from the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame.
