# Blake Garrett

> Blake Garrett is the Austin-based founder and CEO of Aceable, a mobile-first education company built around an unglamorous but durable idea: required learning should respect the learner. After six years in systems integration consulting at Ernst & Young, Garrett left to pursue mobile education, burned through several weak concepts, and arrived at driver education with little cash and considerable credit-card debt. Aceable went on to expand from one Texas course into driver safety, real estate, insurance, and mortgage education, reporting 20 million learners across more than 40 states and more than $100 million raised.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Aceable
- **Organizations:** Aceable, Ernst & Young, EY Austin College MAP
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Management, concentration in Accounting, Boston College
- **Known for:** Founded and scaled Aceable from a single Texas mobile driver's-education course into a multi-vertical licensing education business., Led Aceable to more than $100 million in reported fundraising, including a $50 million Series C in 2020., Built a platform that Aceable says has served 20 million learners across more than 40 states.

## Career timeline

- **2006** — Began his career as a systems integration consultant at Ernst & Young.
- **2006-2012** — Spent six years at Ernst & Young and founded the EY Austin College MAP mentoring program for high-school students.
- **2012** — Left Ernst & Young in October after testing several startup ideas and began building the company that became Aceable.
- **2013** — Pivoted from low-revenue mobile trivia apps to required licensing and certification education; started Aceable at Capital Factory in Austin.
- **2014** — Aceable's mobile parent-taught driver-education curriculum received Texas approval as Course #116.
- **2017** — Aceable was operating in driver education and moving into real-estate licensing education.
- **2020** — Aceable raised a $50 million Series C led by HGGC after reporting more than 13 million learners.
- **2021** — Named an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Central Texas award winner.
- **2024** — Led Aceable's acquisition of Real Estate Institute, expanding into Illinois and opening insurance and mortgage education verticals.
- **2025** — Discussed Aceable's profitability, culture and AI work in interviews with Starting Small and CEO.com.
- **Current** — Aceable reports 20 million learners, four education verticals, operations in more than 40 states and more than $100 million raised.

## Achievements

- Founded and scaled Aceable from a single Texas mobile driver's-education course into a multi-vertical licensing education business.
- Led Aceable to more than $100 million in reported fundraising, including a $50 million Series C in 2020.
- Built a platform that Aceable says has served 20 million learners across more than 40 states.
- Named an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2021 Central Texas award winner.
- Founded the EY Austin College MAP program while working at Ernst & Young.
- Led Aceable's 2024 acquisition of Real Estate Institute.

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Appeared on CEO.com's leadership podcast to discuss Aceable's journey, profitability, company culture and the impact of AI on his work.
- **2025-05** — Appeared on the Starting Small podcast for a long-form discussion of Aceable's origins and growth.
- **2024-08** — Aceable acquired Real Estate Institute, adding Illinois real-estate education and entry points into insurance and mortgage education.

## Links

- Website: https://www.aceable.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blakegarrett/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/aceable
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9VfB1Mgu4Msm39b7kXruBw
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aceable/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aceable/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aceabledriving

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Last updated: 2026-09-27