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Travis Kalanick
Travis Kalanick co-founded Uber and leads Atoms, the industrial automation company behind CloudKitchens and businesses in mining and transport. His approach combines specialized robots, software, and physical infrastructure to make producing and moving goods more efficient.
- Based in
- Beverly Hills
Atoms
Mar 2018 — PresentFounder and Chief Executive Officer
Became CEO of City Storage Systems in March 2018; the business was renamed Atoms in 2026. Leads industrial automation across food, mining, and transportation, with businesses including CloudKitchens, Otter, and Lab37.
10100
Mar 2018 — PresentFounder
Founded an investment vehicle focused on real estate, e-commerce, and job creation. Its early investments included City Storage Systems.
Uber
2009 — Dec 2019
Co-founder and board member
Co-founded Uber in 2009 and served as CEO from 2010 to June 2017. Continued on the board until December 31, 2019.
Akamai
2007 — 2008
Head of P2P Initiatives
Led peer-to-peer initiatives after Akamai acquired Red Swoosh, bringing its file-distribution technology into the content delivery business.
Red Swoosh
Jan 2001 — Apr 2007Co-founder and CEO
Built peer-to-peer content delivery software to reduce the bandwidth cost of distributing large media files. Acquired by Akamai in April 2007 for $18.7 million.
Scour
1998 — 2000Early team member
Worked on an early multimedia search engine and peer-to-peer file-sharing service before starting Red Swoosh.
University of California - Los Angeles
Studied Computer Engineering and Business Economics (1994–1998; did not graduate)
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