Garrett Camp (born October 4, 1978) is a Canadian businessman, investor, and software engineer.[1][2] He helped build the search engine StumbleUpon and is a co-founder of Uber.[3] He lives in Los Angeles.[4]
In 2014, Camp founded Expa Labs with the goal of growing new companies.[21] In 2015, Camp reacquired StumbleUpon.[22] It operated until 2018, when it transitioned to Mix, a venture built in part through Expa Labs.[23][24]
Uberedit
In 2009, Camp founded Uber as UberCab[25][26][27] In 2011, the company continued to expand across the United States and abroad.[28][29] In 2020, Camp left Uber's board of directors but remained a board observer.[30]
In 2022, Camp was portrayed by actor Jon Bass in Super Pumped, a drama series based on Uber.[31]
Investmentsedit
In the past, Camp has invested in Prism Skylabs;[32] and BlackJet, an on-demand private aviation service.[33]
Awards and honorsedit
In 2007, Camp was named to the List of Top Innovators under the age of 35 at Technology Review's Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT.[34][35] In 2008, Camp was named by Bloomberg Businessweek as one of Tech's Best Young Entrepreneurs.[36] In 2013, Camp was honored at the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards for his accomplishments at both StumbleUpon and Uber.[37]
Wealthedit
In 2015, Camp was the 283rd-richest person in the world and the third-richest Canadian, with an estimated wealth of US$5.3 billion, according to Forbes.[38] As of November 2022, Camp's net worth is calculated at US$2.7 billion according to Forbes.[39]
In 2017, Camp joined The Giving Pledge, a commitment to give away half of his wealth to charity.[40]
In June 2019, after Camp purchased a mansion in Trousdale Estates of Beverly Hills for $72.5 million,[41][42] Uber drivers struggling for higher pay and better working conditions picketed his home.[43][44]
Referencesedit
^McCullough, Michael (21 September 2011). "Stumbling upon success". Canadian Business. Archived from the original on 2012-12-31. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
^Camp, Garrett (2011-10-22). "The Start-Up Advantage". The New York Times.
^ ab"Interview with Garrett Camp, StumbleUpon Co-Founder". CenterNetworks. Archived from the original on 2012-05-20.
^ abPlana, Vincent (11 January 2018). "17 Facts You Didn't Know About Uber Co-Founder's $68 Billion Fortune". www.narcity.com. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
^Helft, Miguel (2007-10-07). "A Way to Find Your Corner of the Internet Sky". The New York Times.
^"Garrett Camp: "one-size-fits-all in search is history"". The Next Web. 4 April 2008.
^"SoMa-Based StumbleUpon Provides a "Forward Button" for Discovery on the Internet". 7x7SF. August 2011.
^"Q&A With Garrett Camp, Founder & Chief Architect, StumbleUpon". Search Engine Land. 4 April 2007.
^"The Serendipity Of StumbleUpon - an interview with Garrett Camp, Chief Architect". ReadWriteWeb. 17 October 2006.
^Waters, Darren (29 March 2007). "Web 2.0 wonders: StumbleUpon". BBC News. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
^Fost, Dan (2007-06-24). "Company Stumbles its Way to 75 Million". The San Francisco Chronicle.
^"StumbleUpon Beats Skype In Escaping EBay's Clutches". TechCrunch. 13 April 2009.
^"StumbleUpon's Garrett Camp Speaks (About Being a Born-Again Start-up)!". AllThingsD.
^Joyner, April (July 2011). "Garrett Camp: Buying Back the Company". Inc.
^ abMangalindan, JP (29 February 2012). "How StumbleUpon saved itself". Fortune. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
^Borzo, Jeanette (November 15, 2010). "Interview with Garrett Camp: The Perils of Being the Little Fish". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
^Tsotsis, Alexia (March 17, 2011). "StumbleUpon's Garrett Camp On What It's Like To Buy Back Your Company". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
^Ha, Anthony (April 26, 2012). "StumbleUpon Reaches 25M Registered Users, Plans For Global Expansion And API". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
^Ha, Anthony (May 8, 2012). "Mufassil Steps Down As StumbleUpon CEO, Will Serve As Chairman". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
^Yeung, Ken (30 March 2016). "Expa raises $100 million to build more companies, launches startup accelerator". VentureBeat. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
^Olanoff, Drew (August 26, 2015). "Co-Founder Garrett Camp Buys Back Majority Share In StumbleUpon". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
^Camp, Garrett (May 23, 2018). "SU is moving to Mix". Medium. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
^Carson, Biz (August 1, 2018). "Uber Cofounder Garrett Camp Is Back To An Old Problem: Finding Interesting Things On The Internet". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
^"A Peek Under the Hood at Uber". 7x7SF. 12 July 2011.
^Prive, Tanya. "Uber: Top 10 Tech Companies Of 2012". Forbes.
^"UberCab Closes Uber Angel Round". TechCrunch. 15 October 2010.
^Jeffries, Adrianne (26 April 2013). "After long battle, Uber becomes first taxi app to get approved in New York City". The Verge. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
^Schechner, Sam (13 November 2014). "Uber Launches Car Pooling Service in Paris". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
^Lomas, Natasha (2020-03-31). "Uber co-founder Garrett Camp steps back from board director role". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
^Petski, Denise (2021-09-01). "'Super Pumped': Jon Bass Joins Showtime Series About Uber From 'Billions' Co-Creators". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
^Kolodny, Lora (2017-11-22). "Uber and Infosys co-founders are latest billionaires to join The Giving Pledge". CNBC. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
^"Uber co-founder Garrett Camp quietly shells out $71 million for Beverly Hills mansion". Los Angeles Times. 2019-06-28. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
^Dobson, Amy Rose (2019-07-03). "Uber Cofounder Garrett Camp Breaks Property Records In Beverly Hills For $72 Million". Forbes.
^Levin, Sam (2 Jul 2019) "Uber co-founder buys record-breaking LA mansion for $72.5m as drivers fight for wages." The Guardian. (Retrieved September 3, 2019.)
^Swartz, Angela (2019-11-06). "Atherton: Uber drivers, other contract workers protest outside of Uber investor's home". The Almanac.
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