Uber Technologies will appoint Expedia’s Dara Khosrowshahi to run the global ride-hailing leviathan, two people familiar with the matter have said. He’ll succeed co-founder Travis Kalanick, who led the firm to US$20bn in annual bookings
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Uber Technologies hopes to name a new leader by early September to replace its ousted CEO and steer the ride-hailing business out of a turbulent period. The San Francisco company has a shortlist of fewer
Alphabet CEO Larry Page was ordered to submit to questioning by Uber Technologies in his company’s lawsuit over trade secrets for self-driving car technology. Uber’s lawyers want to question Page in their defence
It would be nice to think that Uber’s problems are going to be fixed with the resignation of its CEO, Travis Kalanick. Of course, the shareholders who instigated the demand for his resignation were not necessarily expressing a
As Travis Kalanick was in Chicago interviewing a candidate to be his deputy at Uber Technologies, two investors were on a plane to deliver the news that they wanted the CEO gone. Matt Cohler and Peter Fenton, partners at venture capital firm
Uber Technologies CEO Travis Kalanick has resigned, capping a series of controversies that have rocked the world’s largest privately backed start-up. The company confirmed Kalanick’s departure from the top executive’s
As part of a campaign to turn around its image, Uber Technologies started allowing customers to tip their drivers inside the app. The company rolled out the option Tuesday in Houston, Minneapolis and Seattle, with plans to
Uber Technologies CEO Travis Kalanick told staff he plans to take a leave of absence, without disclosing a return date. The company will strip him of some duties and appoint an independent chair to limit his influence after a slew of scandals
After a Sunday meeting that lasted more than six hours, a representative for Uber Technologies’ board said directors have approved several changes, without providing clarity on the fates of CEO Travis Kalanick or his confidant and head of business, Emil
It is now highly likely that the European court of justice will later this year reject Uber’s fiction that it’s simply a marketplace that brings together drivers and riders by declaring it – gasp! – a taxi company. That