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In 2010, entrepreneur and angel investor Travis Kalanick, with his co-founder Garrett Camp, took a niche product -- Uber -- and turned it into a global platform that has transformed the way we move around the world. In 68 countries and 360 cities, riders can push a button and get a ride, and drivers have a flexible, independent way to make ...
Mar 2, 2022 · Travis Kalanick declined to participate or consult at all on Showtime’s series about him. Instead, Super Pumped is based on New York Times reporter Mike Isaac’s book of the same name, as well ...
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Jun 21, 2017 · Kalanick is expected to remain on Uber's board of directors. The day-to-day management will fall to a committee of more than 10 executives as a replacement is sought, but Kalanick’s voting ...
Jun 21, 2017 · Travis Kalanick stepped down Tuesday as chief executive of Uber, the ride-hailing service that he helped found in 2009 and built into a transportation colossus, after a shareholder revolt made it ...
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Jun 21, 2017 · Travis Kalanick arrives for a 2012 conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. 2013: Uber quickly became a disruptive force in dozens of cities around the world. Its valuation -- $3.4 billion -- reflected ...
Uber didn't start out with grand ambitions to cut congestion and pollution. But as the company took off, co-founder Travis Kalanick wondered if there was a way to get people using Uber along the same routes to share rides, reducing costs and carbon footprint along the way. The result: uberPOOL, the company's carpooling service, which in its first eight months took 7.9 million miles off the ...
Jan 18, 2018 · Kalanick was grieving from a recent family tragedy—his mother, Bonnie, was killed and his father, Donald, seriously injured in a boating accident in Fresno, Calif. After the accident, Kalanick ...
