Oobah Butler, 1991
Writers · February 13, 1991
Oobah Butler
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Oobah Butler is 35 years old, born February 13, 1991 in United Kingdom · Aquarius.
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About
Oobah Butler turned a fake London restaurant into TripAdvisor's #1 venue without ever cooking a meal. Born February 13, 1992, the British writer and filmmaker created The Shed at Dulwich in 2017 as a conceptual hoax that exposed how easily review platforms can be gamed. His 2019 debut How to Bullsh*t Your Way to Number 1 hit the Los Angeles Times bestseller list. As an Aquarius, Butler thrives on disruption and unconventional thinking.
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Biography
Oobah Butler weaponized TripAdvisor's algorithm by building The Shed at Dulwich, a fictional restaurant that climbed to the highest-rated venue in all of London without ever serving food. The 2017 project was a masterclass in social engineering—Butler accumulated fake reviews and strategically manipulated the platform's ranking system, exposing structural vulnerabilities in how review sites establish credibility. His debut book How to Bullsh*t Your Way to Number 1, published April 2019, expanded on these themes and became a Los Angeles Times bestseller. Butler is a writer and filmmaker from Britain who channels his Aquarius nature—intellectual, rule-breaking, system-questioning—into projects that destabilize trust in digital institutions. Beyond his hoax work, he co-hosted the dating documentary series Catfish UK starting 2021, then pivoted to traditional documentary filmmaking with The Great Amazon Heist on Channel 4 in 2023. His life-path number 8 suggests a natural gravitation toward systems of power and their subversion—Butler repeatedly chooses projects that interrogate authority and expose how easily institutional trust collapses under scrutiny.
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Trivia
- The Shed at Dulwich never had a physical location—it existed only on TripAdvisor, with Butler handling all orders via email and text before canceling them.
- His bestselling book How to Bullsh*t Your Way to Number 1 was published by Simon & Schuster and reached the Los Angeles Times bestseller list in 2019.
- Butler has worked as both a writer and filmmaker, moving from conceptual pranks to documentary work on mainstream television.
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Driven and business-minded. Oobah Butler extend their craft into ownership: labels, production companies, brand lines.
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- Oobah Butler is 35 years old (born February 13, 1991).
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- Oobah Butler was born on February 13, 1991.
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- Oobah Butler is a Aquarius, born February 13, 1991.
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- Oobah Butler was born in 1991, the year of the Metal Goat.
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- Oobah Butler is from United Kingdom.
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- Oobah Butler is a writer.
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