Brad Keywell was born on October 1969 and is an American entrepreneur from Michigan.
16 Facts About Brad Keywell
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Brad Keywell is the founder and executive chairman of Uptake Technologies, an industrial AI software provider.
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Brad Keywell is an early investor of Tempus Labs, co-founder of Groupon, Echo Global Logistics, Mediaocean, DRIVIN, and Lightbank.
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Brad Keywell grew up in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and attended Cranbrook Schools.
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Brad Keywell is a member of the Michigan Bar Association and the State Bar of Illinois.
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Brad Keywell started his career as an intern for Sam Zell's Equity Group Investments, LLC In 1999, he and Eric Lefkofsky co-founded Starbelly, an online supply chain management firm, which was acquired in January 2000 by HA-LO for $240 million.
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Brad Keywell served as the Chairman of the Board of the company until 2017.
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In June 2006, Brad Keywell co-founded MediaBank, a SaaS provider to the advertising and media buying industry.
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Brad Keywell served on the Board of Directors from its inception through 2018.
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In February 2010, Brad Keywell co-founded Lightbank, a technology venture and mid-stage investment firm.
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In July 2014, Brad Keywell founded the industrial AI software company Uptake valued at over $2.3 billion.
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Brad Keywell has been an adjunct professor at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago and the author of the book Biz Dev 3.0: Changing Business as We Know It, published by ALM Publishing.
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Brad Keywell is the host of a podcast, The Upside, and a participant of the Renaissance Weekend and the TED Conference.
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In 2014, Brad Keywell created the Brad Keywell Foundation to support nonprofit and NGO enterprises.
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Brad Keywell is the founder and chairman of Chicago Ideas, an innovations and ideas gathering.
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Brad Keywell is Chairman of the Future Founders Foundation, providing entrepreneurial education to students in Chicago, and Illinois Innovation Council.