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]
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.
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]
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]
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]
