Travis Kalanick – Billionaire
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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 (dropped out) |
| Occupation | Internet entrepreneur |
| Known for | Co-founder of Red Swoosh and Uber |
| Net worth |  US$6.3 Billion (March 2017) |
| Title | CEO of Uber |
| Partner(s) | Gabi Holzwarth (2014–2016) |
| Parent(s) | Donald Edward Kalanick (father) Bonnie Horowitz Kalanick (mother) |
| Relatives | Cory Kalanick (brother) Anji Arm (half-sister) Steve Arm (brother-in-law) Allisyn Ashley Arm (half-niece) Josie Arm (half-niece) |
Travis Cordell Kalanick (birthed August 6, 1976) is an American computer system as well as business person. He is the founder of the peer-to-peer documents sharing business Red Swoosh and also the transport network firm Uber.
In 2014, he went into the Forbes listing of the 400 wealthiest Americans at placement 290, with a projected total assets of $6 billion.
Early life and also education and learning
Kalanick was born upon August 6, 1976, in L.a, The golden state to Bonnie Horowitz Kalanick as well as Donald Edward Kalanick. He resided in Northridge, California, where he finished from Granada Hills Secondary school and also later on registered in university at the College of , L.a, to examine computer system . His mom, Bonnie, operated in retail marketing for the L.a Daily Information, as well as his daddy, Donald E. Kalanick, was a civil engineer for the city of L.a. His mom, Bonnie Renee (), is of 3 quarters Ashkenazi Jewish history (her very own mother’s grandpa was of German and also Irish descent). Travis’ mother’s grandpa was Morris Bloom (additionally called Maurice Pal , the boy of Frank and also Rose Winegart). Frank was a Polish Jewish immigrant, as well as was the child of Morris Bloom. Rose was a Russian Jewish immigrant.
Travis’ mother’s granny was Shirley Anita Ehni (the little girl of Charles Joseph Ehni and also Tillie Kohn). Charles was the kid of Charles William Ehni, whose moms and dads were German, as well as of Anna Haver, whose moms and dads were Irish. Travis’ mother’s grandma Tillie was the child of Samuel “Sam” Kohn, a German Jewish immigrant, and also Esther Eppstein, a Polish Jewish immigrant.
His daddy, Donald Edward Kalanick, is of Slovak descent. Travis’ paternal grandparents were Michael Andrew “Mike” Kalanick (the child of Ján Kalanin, later on John Kalanick, and also Anna Polanská) as well as Mary Zeyock (the child of Jiří “George” Zeyock and also Anna “Annie” Androsová). Every one of Travis’ great-grandparents were Slovak immigrants. His papa’s family members is Catholic with Slovak and also Austrian origins. He has 2 half-sisters, among which is Allisyn Ashley Arm’s mom Anji, and also a bro, Cory, that is a firemen.
It is according to Wikipedia.