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Emil Michael, a key Uber executive and close confidant of CEO Travis Kalanick, has left the company, an Uber spokeswoman confirmed Monday morning.
The Uber Technologies board of directors is scheduled to meet Sunday and could consider management changes for the online car-hailing company, according to media reports.
According to Reuters, Kalanick and two allies on the board now have voting control of the company. That report is due out early this coming week, and will focus on how to fix broader issues surrounding the company culture at Uber.
His mother was killed and father was injured in late May after a boat they were riding in hit a rock.
The company's board is being briefed Sunday about an investigation into sexual harassment and workplace culture at Uber, a source told CNNTech. His resignation would add to a long line of Uber executives and staff exiting the company during what's been a period of seemingly never-ending turmoil. J. William Gurley and David Bonderman, two independent board members, are said to already be anxious about Kalanick's management.
Michael was considered a right-hand man for Uber CEO, Travis Kalanick.
Uber has sincefaced other problems, including an intellectual property dispute over self-driving auto technology with Waymo, the self-driving vehicle business that operates under Google's parent company.
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Another report claims that Kalanick is considering at least a temporary departure from the company in the wake of these recent revelations.
Apart from reports of Uber's APAC President obtaining medical records of the Delhi Uber rape case, an email sent by Kalanick to employees in 2013 was made public by Recode.
This was the core team that helped Uber achieve a $70bn valuation and disrupt the global transport industry.
According to various reports, Kalanick is also set to take a leave of absence from the company but the board is yet to make a decision on this move.
Emil Michael, Vice President of Uber resigned from the ride-sharing service company as the company faces complaints of sexual harassment and an ongoing internal investigation. Earlier this year, Kalanick acknowledged that his style of management had to change, with Kalanick admitting that he needed to "fundamentally change and grow up".
"Wherever I have worked, I have seen things that are not great for women", Hornsey said in a USA TODAY interview.
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