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Garrett Camp

Garrett Camp (born October 4, 1978) is a Canadian-French businessman, investor, and software engineer.[1][2] He helped build the search engine StumbleUpon and is a co-founder of Uber. He lives in Los Angeles.[3]

Early life and education

Camp was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.[4] His father was an economist, and his mother an artist; both later became home builders.[3] In 2001 he graduated from the University of Calgary with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. Later he earned a master's degree in software engineering with a focus on collaborative systems, evolutionary algorithms, and information retrieval.[4]

Career

In 2002, Camp co-founded StumbleUpon. It was the first personalized search engine platform.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11] In 2007, StumbleUpon was acquired by eBay[12] and in 2009 StumbleUpon was spun-out.[13][14][15][16][17][18] Following its spin-off, Camp worked to expand its services[16] and grow the company.[19] In 2012, Camp left StumbleUpon.[20]

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]

Uber

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]

Investments

In the past, Camp has invested in Prism Skylabs;[32] and BlackJet, an on-demand private aviation service.[33]

Awards and honors

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]

Personal life

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 February 2024, Camp's net worth is calculated at US$6.18 billion, making him the fifteenth-richest Canadian, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.[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]

External links

References

  1. Michael McCullough. Stumbling upon success Canadian Business, 21 September 2011, retrieved 19 April 2019^
  2. Garrett Camp. The Start-Up Advantage The New York Times, 2011-10-22^
  3. Bloomberg profile: Garrett Camp Bloomberg LP, retrieved 9 May 2019^
  4. Vincent Plana. 17 Facts You Didn't Know About Uber Co-Founder's $68 Billion Fortune www.narcity.com, 11 January 2018, retrieved 2019-04-30^
  5. Interview with Garrett Camp, StumbleUpon Co-Founder CenterNetworks^
  6. Miguel Helft. A Way to Find Your Corner of the Internet Sky The New York Times, 2007-10-07^
  7. Garrett Camp: "one-size-fits-all in search is history" The Next Web, 4 April 2008^
  8. SoMa-Based StumbleUpon Provides a "Forward Button" for Discovery on the Internet 7x7SF, August 2011^
  9. Q&A With Garrett Camp, Founder & Chief Architect, StumbleUpon Search Engine Land, 4 April 2007^
  10. The Serendipity Of StumbleUpon - an interview with Garrett Camp, Chief Architect ReadWriteWeb, 17 October 2006^
  11. Darren Waters. Web 2.0 wonders: StumbleUpon BBC News, 29 March 2007, retrieved 23 April 2019^
  12. Dan Fost. Company Stumbles its Way to 75 Million The San Francisco Chronicle, 2007-06-24^
  13. StumbleUpon Beats Skype In Escaping EBay's Clutches TechCrunch, 13 April 2009^
  14. StumbleUpon's Garrett Camp Speaks (About Being a Born-Again Start-up)! AllThingsD^
  15. April Joyner. Garrett Camp: Buying Back the Company Inc., July 2011^
  16. JP Mangalindan. How StumbleUpon saved itself Fortune, 29 February 2012, retrieved 12 April 2019^
  17. Jeanette Borzo. Interview with Garrett Camp: The Perils of Being the Little Fish The Wall Street Journal, November 15, 2010, retrieved 2019-05-05^
  18. Alexia Tsotsis. StumbleUpon's Garrett Camp On What It's Like To Buy Back Your Company TechCrunch, March 17, 2011, retrieved 2019-05-05^
  19. Anthony Ha. StumbleUpon Reaches 25M Registered Users, Plans For Global Expansion And API TechCrunch, April 26, 2012, retrieved 2019-05-05^
  20. Anthony Ha. Mufassil Steps Down As StumbleUpon CEO, Will Serve As Chairman TechCrunch, May 8, 2012, retrieved 2019-05-05^
  21. Ken Yeung. Expa raises $100 million to build more companies, launches startup accelerator VentureBeat, 30 March 2016, retrieved 15 April 2019^
  22. Drew Olanoff. Co-Founder Garrett Camp Buys Back Majority Share In StumbleUpon TechCrunch, August 26, 2015, retrieved 2019-05-05^
  23. Garrett Camp. SU is moving to Mix Medium, May 23, 2018, retrieved 2019-05-05^
  24. Biz Carson. Uber Cofounder Garrett Camp Is Back To An Old Problem: Finding Interesting Things On The Internet Forbes, August 1, 2018, retrieved 2019-05-05^
  25. A Peek Under the Hood at Uber 7x7SF, 12 July 2011^
  26. Tanya Prive. Uber: Top 10 Tech Companies Of 2012 Forbes^
  27. UberCab Closes Uber Angel Round TechCrunch, 15 October 2010^
  28. Adrianne Jeffries. After long battle, Uber becomes first taxi app to get approved in New York City The Verge, 26 April 2013, retrieved 16 April 2019^
  29. Sam Schechner. Uber Launches Car Pooling Service in Paris The Wall Street Journal, 13 November 2014, retrieved 16 April 2019^
  30. Natasha Lomas. Uber co-founder Garrett Camp steps back from board director role TechCrunch, 2020-03-31, retrieved 2022-11-13^
  31. Denise Petski. 'Super Pumped': Jon Bass Joins Showtime Series About Uber From 'Billions' Co-Creators Deadline, 2021-09-01, retrieved 2022-11-13^
  32. FinSMEs. Prism Skylabs Raises $1.5M in Seed Funding FinSMEs, 2011-09-14, retrieved 2022-11-13^
  33. Dan Primack. Celeb-backed BlackJet Is Grounded. Again. Fortune, 2016-05-05^
  34. Innovators Under 35 MIT Technology Review, retrieved 2013-05-01^
  35. Garrett Camp Named to Technology Review's Prestigious TR35 List of Top Young Innovators PR Newswire^
  36. Garrett Camp: Tech's Best Young Entrepreneurs Bloomberg Businessweek^
  37. Garrett Camp: 2013 Honoree Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards^
  38. Forbes' 29th Annual World's Billionaires Issue, Forbes, March 2, 2015^
  39. Bloomberg. Bloomberg Billionaires Index Forbes, 2024-02-18, retrieved 2022-02-18^
  40. Lora Kolodny. Uber and Infosys co-founders are latest billionaires to join The Giving Pledge CNBC, 2017-11-22, retrieved 2017-12-16^
  41. Uber co-founder Garrett Camp quietly shells out $71 million for Beverly Hills mansion Los Angeles Times, 2019-06-28, retrieved 2019-07-27^
  42. Amy Rose Dobson. Uber Cofounder Garrett Camp Breaks Property Records In Beverly Hills For $72 Million Forbes, 2019-07-03^
  43. 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.)^
  44. Angela Swartz. Atherton: Uber drivers, other contract workers protest outside of Uber investor's home The Almanac, 2019-11-06^