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How much do you really know about Garrett Camp? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Camp is a Canadian billionaire who remains active in venture capital through his firm Expa.

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Camp is Canadian, a billionaire from Uber, and founded Expa in 2013 to incubate and fund startups like Uber and StumbleUpon.

2.

Camp's net worth is primarily from StumbleUpon, not Uber, due to selling his shares early.

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Easy
✗ FALSE

Camp's billions come mostly from his Uber stake; StumbleUpon added wealth, but Uber's IPO made him a billionaire.

3.

Garrett Camp's first startup was a web analytics tool called StumbleUpon, which he sold to eBay for $75 million.

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✗ FALSE

StumbleUpon was his first startup, but it was sold to eBay in 2007 for roughly $75 million in cash and stock—not just a web analytics tool.

4.

Garrett Camp co-founded both StumbleUpon and Uber in the same year, 2009.

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✗ FALSE

Camp co-founded StumbleUpon in 2001, not 2009. Uber was founded in 2009, but the two launches were eight years apart.

5.

Camp originally conceived Uber while brainstorming with friends in Paris after a snowstorm made taxis scarce.

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The idea for Uber struck Camp during a snowy Paris evening in 2008 when he couldn't find a cab, inspiring the on-demand ride model.

6.

Camp designed Uber's original logo himself, sketching a simple 'U' on a napkin.

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The first Uber logo was a hand-drawn 'U' by Camp on a napkin, later refined, reflecting his hands-on design approach early on.

7.

Garrett Camp holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Calgary.

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Camp earned a bachelor's in electrical engineering, not computer science, from the University of Calgary before his master's at the University of Cambridge.

8.

Garrett Camp once worked as a software engineer at a top hedge fund before becoming an entrepreneur.

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Before startups, Camp worked as a software engineer at a hedge fund in New York, which helped fund his early entrepreneurial experiments.

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