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...’s corporate culture ultimately culminated in the ousting of Travis Kalanick as chief executive in 2017....
...Stability over ambition Since ousting founder Travis Kalanick in 2017, Uber has successfully shed the worst of its image....
...In February 2017, whistleblower Susan Fowler wrote a blog post that detailed an atmosphere of sexism and sexual harassment. Kalanick apologised....
...Whistleblowing is such a lonely business that I was prepared for Susan Fowler to be a rather withdrawn, standoffish lunch date....
...Neither Ms Travis or Ms Killefer have filled that role, which remains empty....
...On one hand, there is the example of former Uber engineer Susan Fowler, whose blog detailing the company’s toxic work culture helped to oust founder Travis Kalanick as chief executive....
...The long-awaited decision, announced nearly five months after previous lead independent director Susan Desmond-Hellmann stepped down, comes after Facebook’s board has lost a number of directors over the...
...‘Once you speak up, life is never the same’ When Susan Fowler landed a job at Uber, then the hottest start-up in the US, she was excited....
...Janine Gibson Travis Kalanick Controversial co-founder of Uber Travis Kalanick’s frustration one snowy December night in Paris that he couldn’t simply “push a button and get a ride” from his phone inspired...
...Peter Burke’s The Polymath (Yale RRP£20, May) is subtitled “A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag”. Does anyone else find that a strange pairing of names?...
...Travis Kalanick’s stake in Uber will be worth more than $8bn if its initial public offering hits its $100bn valuation target....
...A belief in the environmental benefits of convincing people to swap cars for electric scooters was an important motivation for launching the app-based rentals service, according to Bird’s founder Travis...
...Ms Hooper, who was appointed to the board of Uber in April 2018, also criticised the company’s behaviour under co-founder Travis Kalanick, saying: “I don’t think what Uber did was right . . ....
...The resulting furore eventually led to the ousting of the company’s chief executive, Travis Kalanick....
...Emerging market investor Actis has hired Susan Wilkins as chief financial officer. Wilkins previously held the same title at Lekela Power, a renewable energy platform operating in Africa....
...Uber’s sexual harassment problems were first exposed by Susan Fowler, a former software engineer, in February last year....
...Frances Frei, previously professor of service management at Harvard Business School, began working as a consultant at Uber last spring before joining full-time in June under former chief executive Travis...
...Her post led to an investigation at Uber, which contributed to the departure of chief executive Travis Kalanick. “Susan’s blog post was a watershed,” Felten says....
...Investors started to question whether Travis Kalanick, the controversial chief executive (who used to refer to the company as “Boob-er” because it helped him meet women) had created a company whose culture...
...Travis Kalanick, who stepped down as Uber’s chief executive last year, also briefly served on Mr Trump’s business council....
...Eventually, chief executive Travis Kalanick stepped down. “Mitch and I took a lot of . . . ” she pauses, searching for the right word. “Grief for doing so....
...Early in the year, former Uber engineer Susan Fowler’s blog post triggered the sexual harassment controversy that ultimately drove founder Travis Kalanick from the chief executive role....
...That is why Susan Fowler is the FT’s Person of the Year. We welcome your thoughts and comments....
...In a year when many women — including former Uber engineer Susan Fowler — have come forward to speak about sexual harassment, Saint John says she welcomes the trend....
...of the company’s chief executive, Travis Kalanick....
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