GARRETT CAMP
1978–
Canadian tech pioneer Garrett Camp founded the on-demand car service Uber to solve the cost and timing issues of using taxis. A serial innovator, he also developed the web-exploring tool StumbleUpon and Expa, a platform to help entrepreneurs start up new companies.
Born to entrepreneurial parents who had established a successful home-building business, Garrett Camp launched his first company while still a student. In 2002, while studying for a master’s degree in software engineering at Calgary University, he set up the “discovery engine” StumbleUpon. Designed to help people find ...
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