Venturing into the world of business is one thing and being a successful entrepreneur is another. We all love freedom and being a businessman or woman is the dream of every adult out there no matter the position they hold in their current employment. This was no different for Garret Camp. He is a young man as they say “Life starts at 40” and he, therefore, started two years ago.
Garret loves life and is always smiling wherever he goes. Today, he is known as a Canadian billionaire entrepreneur who has helped in the building of many companies. Some of the companies Garret has built include; StumbleUpon, which is a web-discovery tool, Uber and he is also the co-founder of Expa which is a startup studio. At the same time, he is a board of directors member of Uber as well as the Chairman of Mix. He is also the successor to StumbleUpon.
Well, how well do you know about Garrett Camp? If not much, we have compiled all you need to know about Garrett Camp’s net worth in 2021, his age, height, weight, wife, kids, biography and complete details about his life. Well, if you’re all set, here is what we know about Garrett Camp to date.
Biography and Early Life
Garret Camp was born on the 4th October in 1978 in a place known as Calgary, Alberta in Canada. Camp is not the first one to venture into the business world since his father was an economist at the time of his birth. His mother on the other hand was an artist, but the two later became home builders. Garret is very proud of his parents but he loves keeping his personal life as private as possible. For this reason, we have found it challenging to find out who the names of his parents are and whether he has siblings or not.
Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement
So, how old is Garrett Camp in 2021 and what is his height and weight? Well, Garrett Camp’s age is 42 years old as of today’s date 2nd August 2021 having been born on 4 October 1978. Though, he is 5′ 8″ in feet and inches and 178 cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 154lbs in Pound and 70kg in Kilograms.
Education
As we mentioned above, Garret seems to be very secretive and doesn’t like talking much about his life as a child and this includes information about his early years in school. We are however sure he is a learned person due to the fact that he has attended University after graduating from high school. Garret was raised in a Jewish background and lives to the faith to date.
After his graduation from high school, he enrolled in the University of Calgary where he majored in electrical engineering and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in the same in 2001. This was still not enough for him and he, therefore, went back to school and took another course in software engineering evolutionary algorithms, researching collaborative systems, and information retrieval. He graduated with a Master’s degree after attaining the required points.
Personal Life: Dating, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids
Talk about being secretive or mean with information and you will be giving a clear picture of who Garret Camp is. Garret has been in this world for many years and we would all expect him to be a married man and things are no different. Although Garret has tried the best he could to keep this information away from the public as well, it has not been easy.
During our research, we learned that Garret is married to Eliza Nguyen and they live together in San Francisco. However, there are no details of their dating or how long they have been together since they exchanged their marriage vows. The information of whether they have kids or not is also under review and we will update you soon.
Is Garrett Camp Gay?
Garret Camp is not gay. He might have tried to hide information about his love life but since he is reported to be married to a woman, it is enough to prove he is not gay.
Professional Career
Camp is said to be a co-founder of the first web-discovery platform that went with the name StumbleUpon in 2002. This was also a personalized recommendation engine that enabled users with just a single click to discover web content during the web 2.0 era. In 2006, the company relocated to San Francisco after Silicon Valley angel investors gave them their first round of funding. In 2007, StumbleUpon found its way through Time magazine’s list of 50 Best Websites and several years later, in 2013, it was listed among the “50-Must-Have iPad Apps.
In early 2009, he founded Uber as UberCab while he was still the CEO of StumbleUpon and he self-funded the seed for a round of $250K. in mid-2010, Uber was launched in San Francisco and it only had a few cars on the road. In late-2010, it raised a total of $1.25M in venture capital. In 2011, it continued expanding into other states in the United States of America as well as in other countries. One of its major markets were in Paris and New York City. Today, Uber offers services to over 600 cities worldwide.
Awards
Camp has received different honors over the years for his achievement as an entrepreneur. Some of these include; TR35 List of Top Innovators under 35 years in the category of Technology Review’s Emerging Technologies Conference which was held at MIT in 2007 and many others.
Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Garrett Camp in 2021
If all the information above is not enough to convince you that Garret is a successful entrepreneur, I’m sure that his net worth will. As of 2021, Camp has a net worth of $5 billion all of which he has earned since the day he decided to venture into the world of business.
Many times, our background seems to dictate our future if we allow it to. However, Garret knew he had the destiny in shape, and he did the best he could to have things in place and for sure he made the right choice.
Facts of Garrett Camp
- Gender Male
- full nameGarrett Camp
- birthplaceCalgary, Alberta, Canada
- Date of Birth October 04, 1978
- Age 45 years 11 months
- Horoscope Libra
- Lucky Number 3
- Lucky Stone Peridot
- Lucky Color Blue
- Best Match for Marriage Gemini
- nationalityCanadian
- religionJewish
- net worth$5 billion
- professionEntrepreneur
- weightIn Kilograms – 70 Kg, In Pounds – 154 lbs
- heightIn Centimetres – 178 cm, In Feet and Inches – 5′ 8″
- hair colorRegular brown
- eye colorHazel
- high schoolN/A