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Travis Cordell Kalanick (/ ˈ k æ l ə n ɪ k /; born August 6, 1976) is an American businessman best known as the co-founder and former chief executive officer (CEO) of Uber. Previously he worked for Scour , a peer-to-peer file sharing application company, and was the co-founder of Red Swoosh , a peer-to-peer content delivery network that was ...
Kalanick said that he is “proud of all that Uber has achieved” and that he will “continue to cheer for its future from the sidelines.” Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick to resign from board ...
Resignations included Travis Kalanick, [4] [5] Bob Iger, Ken Frazier, Brian Krzanich, Kevin Plank, Schwarzman and Jamie Dimon. On August 16, 2017, a dozen of the CEOs on the forum and the similar American Manufacturing Council decided on a conference call that they would withdraw and so dissolve the body.
The announcement was released one day after the company announced the resignation of CEO Travis Kalanick following months of controversy over Uber's corporate culture. [26] [27] [28] An advisor for Uber during allegations of misconduct and sexual harassment, Gurley was reportedly instrumental in the resignation of CEO Travis Kalanick.
Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick reflected on being ousted from the company he built after a string of controversies and scandals.
After resigning last month, the former Uber CEO sailed to Tahiti on a yacht owned by IAC chairman Barry Diller, according to Recode's Kara Swisher.
Kalanick was alleged to have been aware of the complaint. [49] [50] On February 27, 2017, Amit Singhal, Uber's Senior Vice President of Engineering, was forced to resign after he failed to disclose a sexual harassment claim against him that occurred while he served as Vice President of Google Search. [51]
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick takes summer sabbatical after an investigation into the company's workplace culture. [78] June 21 Team Travis Kalanick resigns as CEO. [79] August 28 Team Dara Khosrowshahi is hired as CEO. [80] October 25 Product A Uber branded Visa credit card is announced for the United States market, in partnership with Barclays. [81]