Garrett Camp built two major internet companies, first founding StumbleUpon and later cofounding Uber after an earlier exit gave him the capital and credibility to pursue a much larger transportation idea. [1][2]
From StumbleUpon to Uber
Camp studied engineering at the University of Calgary and created StumbleUpon while still a graduate student. The web-discovery service became his first significant startup and was sold to eBay in 2007 for $75 million. [1]
After the StumbleUpon sale, Camp began developing the concept for an app that could summon a car on demand. He cofounded Uber with Travis Kalanick in 2009, initially focusing on black-car service before the company expanded into a much broader ride-hailing platform. [1][2]
Camp retained a large Uber stake through the company's 2019 public listing and later invested in startups through Expa. His billionaire wealth is therefore rooted in companies he founded and equity he retained rather than an inherited operating business or family fortune. [1]
The $75 million StumbleUpon sale and Uber's later company valuations are enterprise-level figures, not direct measures of Camp's personal proceeds or net worth. His wealth depends on the portions of those companies he actually owned and retained, with cofounders and outside investors owning the rest. [1][2]
Sources for background
Sources reviewed Sep 15, 2026.
- Garrett Camp · Forbes · Mar 10, 2026
- Garrett Camp · Forbes
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