Travis Kalanick
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Kalanick in October 2014
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| Born |
Travis Cordell Kalanick August 6, 1976 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Residence | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Occupation | Co-founder of Red Swoosh and Uber |
| Known for | Founder & CEO of Uber |
| Net worth |
 US$6.2 billion (August 2015) |
| Partner(s) | Gabi Holzwarth (2014–2016) |
| Family | Bonnie Horowitz Kalanick (mother) Donald Edward Kalanick (father) Anji Arm (half-sister) Cory Kalanick (brother) Steve Arm (brother-in-law) Allisyn Ashley Arm (half-niece) Josie Arm (half-niece) |
Travis Cordell Kalanick (born August 6, 1976) is an American computer programmer and businessman. He is the co-founder of the peer-to-peer file sharing company Red Swoosh and the transportation network company Uber.
In 2014, he entered the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans at position 290, with an estimated net worth of $6 billion.
Kalanick was born on August 6, 1976, in Los Angeles, California to Bonnie Horowitz Kalanick and Donald Edward Kalanick. He lived in Northridge, California, where he graduated from Granada Hills High School and later enrolled in college at the University of California, Los Angeles, to study computer engineering. His mother, Bonnie, worked in retail advertising for the Los Angeles Daily News, and his father, Donald E. Kalanick, was a civil engineer for the city of Los Angeles. His father's family is Catholic with Czech and Austrian roots. He has two half-sisters, one of whom is Allisyn Ashley Arm's mother Anji, and a brother, Cory, who is a firefighter.
In 1998, Travis Kalanick, along with Michael Todd and Vince Busam, dropped out of UCLA to help Dan Rodrigues found Scour Inc., a multimedia search engine, and Scour Exchange, a peer-to-peer file sharing service. In 2000, the Motion Picture Association of America, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) brought a lawsuit against Scour, alleging copyright infringement. In September of that year, Scour filed for bankruptcy to protect itself from the lawsuit.
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