# Tripadvisor founder

entity: /record/tripadvisor.md  
predicate: founder  
page: /record/tripadvisor/founder  
as_of: 2026-11-02  

As of November 2, 2026, Tripadvisor's founder on the AsOf record is Stephen Kaufer, undated on the record, from 2 secondary sources (tripadvisor.mediaroom.com and hospitalitynet.org). The record holds 2 claims on Tripadvisor's founder, 2 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founder

What the record asserts on 2026-11-02.

- [Tripadvisor](/record/tripadvisor.md) | founder | Stephen Kaufer | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_FF59A27C1037](/claim/clm_FF59A27C1037.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1770710, https://tripadvisor.mediaroom.com/2021-11-08-Tripadvisor-Co-Founder-and-CEO-Announces-Plans-for-Departure-in-2022, https://www.hospitalitynet.org/author/148002440/kaufer.html

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Tripadvisor](/record/tripadvisor.md) | founder | Langley Steinert | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | unverified | [clm_A64CB53BE7B2](/claim/clm_A64CB53BE7B2.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1770710, https://www.marketscreener.com/insider/LANGLEY-STEINERT-A08DTP/
- [Tripadvisor](/record/tripadvisor.md) | founder | Stephen Kaufer | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_FF59A27C1037](/claim/clm_FF59A27C1037.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1770710, https://tripadvisor.mediaroom.com/2021-11-08-Tripadvisor-Co-Founder-and-CEO-Announces-Plans-for-Departure-in-2022, https://www.hospitalitynet.org/author/148002440/kaufer.html

## Questions this record answers

### What is Tripadvisor's current founder?

Stephen Kaufer, undated on the record, from 2 secondary sources (tripadvisor.mediaroom.com and hospitalitynet.org). The record asserts this claim as of November 2, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.80).


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- JSON: /v1/entities/tripadvisor/founder (this fact) · /v1/entities/tripadvisor?predicates=founder (with the entity's coverage; add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD for a date)
- MCP: timeline(entity: "tripadvisor", predicates: ["founder"]) for every dated value · fetch(id: "/record/tripadvisor/founder.md") for this page
- Entity twin: /record/tripadvisor.md · timeline: /timelines/tripadvisor.md

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