Julia Collins

Julia Collins is the founder and CEO of Planet FWD, a company that is on a mission to make healthy food fast and accessible to everyone on earth. Julia has always been passionate about food and its ability to bring people together. After finishing their degree at Stanford Graduate School of Business, they went on to work in the food industry as a business analyst for the Union Square Hospitality Group. It was during their time here that they developed a keen interest in technology-enabled food companies. In 2015, they co-founded Zume Pizza, a company that uses patented cooking technology to cook pizza while it is being delivered to the customer. This allows the pizza to arrive at the peak of flavor and freshness with no added sugar or harmful chemicals. Based in Mountain View, Zume Pizza has created a team of humans and robots that work collaboratively to create the safest possible environment for food production. Through its investment in automation, Zume Pizza sources 100% of its ingredients from local farmers that use sustainable agricultural practices and ethical farming methods. Unlike most food delivery companies, all of Zume’s workers are employees of the company with fully subsidized health insurance. Zume’s pizzas have no added-sugar, and on average contain 40% fewer calories, half the fat and half the cholesterol of competing pizza companies.

Julia Collins has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Stanford University Graduate School of Business, a BA in Government from Harvard University, and a Bachelor's degree from Harvard University.

Nalini George - Head of Product, Kumar Venkat - CTO, and Kayalin Akens-Irby - Head of Growth report to Julia Collins.