Uber was launched with a "founder-friendly" structure that essentially gives nearly complete control of running the company to those who originally launched it. Kalanick, former CEO Ryan Graves, and Uber co-founder Garret Camp effectively control the entire company as each share of their stock has ten votes behind it compared to the one, or none, other investors in the company hold.
His resignation comes after months of turmoil and controversy, including explosive allegations of systemic sexual harassment and discrimination from a former employee, and a widespread social media campaign to #DeleteUber.
Basecamp CEO Jason Fried ⇒, who said he sometimes uses Uber's black auto service when there aren't alternatives, said Kalanick stepping down was the right move.
"Appointing a woman would certainly send a strong signal given the recent troubles, and that would be one of the easiest ways to cement a broad cultural shift away from the frat mentality that often characterized Travis Kalanick's tenure", Dawson said. This is a bold decision and a sign of his devotion and love for Uber.
The investors delivered the letter to Kalanick while he was in Chicago, the New York Times reported, citing people with knowledge of the situation. Now, Kalanick has stepped down under board and public pressure, which some locals agree was the right move for a company trying to save its image. Will it also break it?
A list of 10 recommendations was featured in Holder's report that included tips that could help fix its culture. That means he'll likely still have some sway over who the company chooses to replace him.
"He clearly has been outvoted by his board".
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"What Uber is to its consumers is. whatever driver they get, Uber is the app on their smartphone", she says. "It might actually be the best of both".
"Uber couldn't make a credible claim that it was committed to the changes it has to make if he was hovering in the wings, waiting to return as CEO", said Erik Gordon, a technology and entrepreneurship expert at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. He will remain on the board.
Fried said Uber's current disarray is symbolic of what can happen when companies chase growth at all costs, and when investors ignore transgressions.
Kalanick, who helped founded Uber in 2009 and led it to become one of Silicon Valley's highest flying start-ups, will stay on Uber's board of directors, a company official confirmed.
Several top executives have left Uber - voluntarily and otherwise - since the beginning of the year, including its president, its engineering, finance, and business chiefs, and the head of its self-driving research-and-development program.
"Now they can look for a chief executive officer and they can really shoot for the stars in terms of experienced talent", Lashinsky said. "Not just market to them and do crisis communications in times of need".
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