Garrett Camp
Camp in 2018
Born	(1978-10-04)October 4, 1978 (age 46) Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Citizenship	French[1]
Alma mater	University of Calgary (BSc & MSc)
Occupations	Businessman investor software engineer
Title	Founder of Expa Co-founder & Board member ofUber Founder & Chairman ofStumbleUpon
Website	garrettcamp.com

Garrett Camp (born October 4, 1978) is a Canadian-French businessman, investor, and software engineer.^[2][3] He helped build the search engineStumbleUpon and is a co-founder ofUber.^[4] He lives inLos Angeles.^[5]

Camp was born and raised inCalgary, Alberta, Canada.^[1] His father was an economist, and his mother an artist; both later became home builders.^[5] In 2001 he graduated from theUniversity of Calgary with a bachelor's degree inelectrical engineering. Later he earned a master's degree in software engineering with a focus oncollaborative systems,evolutionary algorithms, andinformation retrieval.^[1]

In 2002, Camp co-foundedStumbleUpon. It was the first personalizedsearch engine platform.^{[4][6][7][8][9][10][11]} In 2007, StumbleUpon was acquired byeBay^[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 foundedUber 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 actorJon Bass inSuper Pumped, a drama series based on Uber.^[31]

In the past, Camp has invested inPrism 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 byBloomberg 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 toForbes.^[38] As of February 2024, Camp's net worth is calculated at US$6.18 billion, making him the fifteenth-richest Canadian, according to theBloomberg Billionaires Index.^[39]

In 2017, Camp joinedThe Giving Pledge, a commitment to give away half of his wealth to charity.^[40]

In June 2019, after Camp purchased a mansion inTrousdale Estates ofBeverly Hills for $72.5 million,^[41][42] Uber drivers struggling for higher pay and better working conditions picketed his home.^[43][44]

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