Bradley A Keywell was born on October 1969 and is an American billionaire entrepreneur.
32 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 AI, co-founder of Groupon, Echo Global Logistics, Mediaocean, DRIVIN, and Lightbank.
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Bradley A Keywell grew up in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and attended Cranbrook Schools.
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Brad Keywell is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and the State Bar of Illinois.
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Brad Keywell started his first business at age 7, a greeting card company called Key Creations.
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Brad Keywell started several businesses while an undergrad student at the University of Michigan.
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In February 2005, Brad Keywell co-founded Echo Global Logistics, a technology-enabled provider of transportation and logistics services, which had an IPO on NASDAQ in 2009.
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Brad Keywell was the founding CEO, then was chairman and lead independent director until 2017.
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In June 2006, Brad Keywell co-founded MediaBank, a SaaS provider to the advertising and media buying industry, and was the founding CEO and then on the board of directors until the company's sale.
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In 2007, Brad Keywell co-founded Groupon, the collective buying platform, which Forbes called 'The Fastest Growing Company Ever' in 2010.
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Brad Keywell was on Groupon's board of directors from its inception through 2017.
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In February 2010, Brad Keywell co-founded Lightbank, a technology venture capital and private equity firm, and was a Managing Director through 2018.
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In 2013, Brad Keywell co-founded DRIVIN, an automobile data analytics company.
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In 2014, Brad Keywell co-founded the industrial AI software company Uptake, which is valued at over $2.3 billion.
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Brad Keywell was named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum in 2017.
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In 2015, Brad Keywell was an early investor in Tempus AI, an AI-enabled precision medicine company, and was on its Board of Directors from inception until 2019.
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In September 2018, Brad Keywell founded WNDR Museum, an experiential art museum located in Chicago's West Loop.
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In January 2024, Brad Keywell joined the board of directors for TKO Group.
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Brad Keywell is an adjunct professor at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago.
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Brad Keywell is the author of the book Isabelle Speaks Up: A Story of Possibilities, and of 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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In 2015, Brad Keywell signed The Giving Pledge to donate more than half his wealth to charity.
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Brad Keywell is the founder and chairman of Chicago Ideas, an innovation and ideas platform with over 30,000 in-person attendees annually and global reach through its online channels.
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Brad Keywell is the Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Future Founders Foundation, which provides entrepreneurial education to Chicago students.
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Brad Keywell was named Chairman of the Illinois Innovation Council by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn.
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Brad Keywell was the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year in 2019, after being named the EY Overall US Entrepreneur of the Year in 2018.
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Brad Keywell was named to the Chicago Innovation Hall of Fame in 2021.
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Brad Keywell was featured in a commercial for the CNBC 30th Anniversary Future of Business series in 2020.
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Brad Keywell was named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum in 2018.
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Brad Keywell was a Judge on the 2022 EY World Entrepreneur of the Year.