Travis Kalanick is an American entrepreneur, co-founder of Uber, and Chief Executive Officer of ATOMS with a portfolio of companies including CloudKitchens, Otter, Picnic, Pro Foods, Pronto AI and Lab 37 focused on building infrastructure and automation to transform industry and move the world. Prior to leading ATOMS, Travis co-founded Uber and served as the CEO from 2010 until June 2017, leading the company from its infancy. During his tenure, Uber grew to become one of the world’s highest-valued private companies, operating in more than 70 countries and completing more than 5 billion rider trips. Before co-founding Uber, Travis founded Red Swoosh, a peer-to-peer file sharing company that was acquired by Akamai Technologies in 2007. While in college, he co-founded Scour, a peer-to-peer search engine. He is a native of Los Angeles and learned to code in middle school before studying engineering at UCLA.
