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Travis Kalanick was born on August 6, 1976 in Los Angeles, California, United States and is credited as an entrepreneur, businessperson and computer scientist. Travis Kalanick is 50 years old as of 2026. Education on record includes Granada Hills Charter High School and University of California, Los Angeles.
My Take
Kalanick is the purest distillation of the disruptor archetype I can think of. Long before Uber, he was already chasing the same idea through peer-to-peer file sharing and content delivery, technologies built on connecting people directly. Uber was just that obsession scaled to the physical world. What I respect is the sheer relentlessness; what I find instructive is how that same intensity got him pushed out of the company he built. He embodies the messy, uncomfortable truth about world-changing founders: the temperament that creates the empire is often the one that cannot be allowed to keep running it.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Travis Kalanick
- Name (Japanese)
- トラビス・カラニック
- Reading
- とらびす・からにっく
- Born
- August 6, 1976 (age 50)
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Occupation
- entrepreneur / businessperson / computer scientist
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Dragon
2. Background
- High school
- Granada Hills Charter High School
- University
- University of California, Los Angeles
3. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/traviskal/
- Xhttps://x.com/travisk
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis%20Kalanick
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7836291
4. About this entry
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Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Travis Kalanick born?
Born August 6, 1976 (age 50).
Where is Travis Kalanick from?
Travis Kalanick is from Los Angeles, California, United States.
What does Travis Kalanick do?
Travis Kalanick works as entrepreneur, businessperson, computer scientist.
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