Garrett Camp

Camp was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.^[1] His father was an economist, and his mother an artist; both later became home builders.^[5] 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.^[1]

In 2002, Camp co-founded StumbleUpon. It was the first personalized search engine platform.^{[4][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 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]

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

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]