Lime's CEO shares how he overcame a stroke to take his company to a $1.7 billion IPO

Wayne Ting, Lime's CEO, speaks with Business Insider's Katie Roof. Stephen Council/BI Wayne Ting, Lime's CEO, survived a serious stroke and brought his company public the next year. At Tech Insider: Growth Mode, he talked about the need for humanity in Silicon Valley. Ting talked about outlasting Bird, overhauling Lime's e-scooters hardware, and more. Lime CEO Wayne Ting needed brain surgery to survive a serious stroke. Less than two years later, he's navigated his e-scooter company to a $1.7 billion IPO. When he was in the hospital last year, Ting said he couldn't find examples of other CEOs who had publicly spoken about their stroke recovery. Now, he wants to be someone people can go to for help and guidance, he told Business Insider's Katie Roof at Tech Insider: Growth Mode , sponsored by Fidelity, on Wednesday. "In Silicon Valley, you want to be hardcore," Ting said.