Brad Keywell is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Uptake, offering AI-driven software products that deliver insights to global industry. He was awarded the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year in 2019.
Brad is the Co-Founder of Lightbank, a venture fund investing in technology businesses. He is an early investor in Tempus, a technology company enabling data-driven insight to improve treatment of cancer and other diseases. He is a Co-Founder of Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), and Founder of MediaOcean, Echo Global Logistics (NASDAQ: ECHO), and DRIVIN.
Brad is the Creator and Curator of WNDR Museum, an immersive art experience and art+technology lab in Chicago. He is the Founder and Chairman of Chicago Ideas, one of the leading innovation and ideas platforms in the world.
He is the Chairman of Future Founders Foundation, an organization that provides entrepreneurial education and enablement to youth across the entire Chicagoland community and beyond.
Brad earned a J.D. cum laude at the University of Michigan Law School and a BBA with honors from the University of Michigan School of Business.