“Perhaps the corporate life is a better fit for other personality types, but not for me. “After three quick months, I decided to take my life back into my own hands and leave my job.” In 2014, Snapchat acquired the app, for $54 million, with $30 million in cash and the rest in equity in Snapchat (Gee declined to specify the exact amount of his cut).ĭuring an interview, the entrepreneur said: The app builds services and products related to ‘scannable’ items such as QR codes.
In May 2012, Garrett claimed that the advertising and affiliate revenue had topped $1,000 a day.
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In February 2011, the company launched its iOS application.Ībout three months later, it had received more than 1 million installs.Īfter 18 months, the app had been downloaded about 10 million times.Īs of December 2012, the application had 25 million downloads on the Android and iOS platforms. Gee claims that he came up with the idea for the app when he received a smartphone for Christmas and scanned a QR code. The company has its headquarters in Provo, Utah. It is a mobile app development company that was founded by Garrett together with his college friends Kirk Ouimet and Ben Turley in January 2011. Garrett studied at Brigham Young University, however, he dropped out when his startup company received funds from Google. His parents divorced when he was nine years old.ĭuring high school, Gee was an avid soccer player. He was born on November 6, 1989, in Provo, Utah, USA. Garrett Gee is a travel journalist, entrepreneur, Instagram celebrity, YouTuber who started the million-dollar company Scan.Īfter he sold his company, Gee started the blog and YouTube channel The Bucket List Family, sharing his adventures around the world with his more than 2.4 million Instagram followers.
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