Founder Profile
Garrett Camp
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Garrett Camp?
Garrett Camp is a founder of Uber Technologies, Inc., which was founded in 2009 with Travis Kalanick.
- Company founded
- Uber Technologies, Inc.
- Founded
- 2009
- Co-founders
- Travis Kalanick
Background
Garrett Camp studied electrical engineering and software engineering at the University of Calgary. Before Uber he co-founded StumbleUpon, the web discovery service that eBay bought in 2007 and that Camp and partners later bought back.
Founding Story
Garrett Camp is a Canadian entrepreneur who conceived Uber after struggling to find taxis in San Francisco. He co-founded StumbleUpon, funded the first UberCab prototype in 2009, and recruited Travis Kalanick to help build it. Camp served as Uber's early chairman and later founded the startup studio Expa.