THE TAKEDOWN OF TRAVIS KALANICK: The untold story of Uber's infighting,...
Uber's spectacular meltdown in 2017 rocked the world’s most valuable privately held tech startup and sparked a fight that broke Silicon Valley’s most sacred rules.As Uber's senior leadership scrambled...
View ArticleHow a harshly worded email from Stitch Fix CEO Katrina Lake persuaded Uber...
Uber's spectacular meltdown in 2017 pitted two legendary tech personalities against each other.Business Insider has the inside story of how Benchmark partner Bill Gurley, one of Uber's first backers,...
View ArticleHere's what it was like to watch the play about the downfall of Travis...
Groups of Uber employees in the UK went to see a new play in London about the downfall of Travis Kalanick."Brilliant Jerks" re-creates key incidents in Kalanick's downfall.The play also tackled themes...
View ArticleHow these 23 entrepreneurs became the lesser known co-founders of the biggest...
When a tech company reaches a certain level of success, the names of the founders often become synonymous with the brand they create. At least, that's the case with founders who are the "face" of the...
View ArticleFormer Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is officially back as the new chief executive...
Travis Kalanick will soon be CEO of a small real-estate startup.Through his new investment fund, he has acquired a real-estate startup called City Storage Systems and installed himself as CEO.The...
View ArticleUber founder Travis Kalanick's new company turns parking lots and abandoned...
Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is becoming the CEO of City Storage Systems.The company takes disused spaces like car parks and abandoned shopping malls and helps businesses make use of them.The...
View ArticleUber is more vulnerable than ever after its fatal self-driving car crash —...
A fatal accident involving a self-driving vehicle was inevitable, but Uber is not currently in a position to handle one.Last weekend's fatal, self-driving car crash could make cities less likely to...
View ArticleSelf-driving cars could be deadly — but they aren't going to affect Tesla's...
Uber and Tesla have put self-driving front and center for their future businesses.After a self-driving Uber vehicle was involved in an Arizona fatality, the technology is being questioned.Uber and...
View ArticleFormer Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is 'cash rich' with $1.4 billion, and he'll...
Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick recently received a payout of $1.4 billion, making him cash rich.Kalanick has said he plans to set up a charitable foundation, but it's unclear what his philanthropic...
View ArticleUber's CEO said a move to grab power from Travis Kalanick means the board is...
Uber chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi said the company's board is no longer fighting for control after he proposed a new structure last October.His proposals curtailed former CEO Travis Kalanick's...
View ArticleTravis Kalanick's toxic leadership loomed large over Uber in a tense London...
Uber went to court in London on Monday to try and win back its licence in the UK capital.It's trying to prove it's fundamentally changed as a company since former CEO Travis Kalanick was in...
View ArticleUber won its license back in London
Uber has won back its London license after a two-day court battle.But Uber isn't out of the woods: The license lasts only 15 months, and Uber has to meet conditions from London's regulator.Despite...
View ArticleThe engineer who blew the whistle on Uber's culture of sexual harassment was...
Susan Fowler Rigetti, the woman who blew the whistle on Uber's sexist culture, has been hired by The New York Times.Fowler Rigetti will serve as The Times' technology opinion editor based in San...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia wants to build a $500 billion megacity that's 33 times as large...
Saudi Arabia plans to build a $500 billion megacity that links to Africa via a bridge over the Red Sea.The development is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's Vision 2030 plan to diversify Saudi...
View ArticleFormer Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is worth $5.5 billion — here’s how he spends...
Travis Kalanick's net worth is $5.45 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.Kalanick keeps his personal life fairly under wraps, but it's clear he spends much of his fortune on real...
View ArticleMOGUL MANSIONS: From Elon Musk to Jeff Bezos, here are the homes and estates...
Many tech moguls have modest beginnings, developing their businesses in garages and sleeping at their offices. But don't be fooled: Many of tech's billionaires now have million-dollar homes and private...
View ArticleSuccessful people credit Cutco, the company that recruits college kids to...
More than 1 million people have sold Cutco knives over the course of the company's 70-year history.Some of Cutco's most successful alumni include Uber cofounder Travis Kalanick and David Plouffe,...
View ArticleFor his next act, former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is quietly building a new...
Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is making progress with his food-delivery and "dark kitchen" startup, according to reports.CloudKitchens, one of the units of Kalanick's company City Storage Systems,...
View ArticleThe amazing life of Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi — from refugee to tech...
Dara Khosrowshahi is the former CEO of Expedia who took over Uber as CEO in 2017.As CEO, Khosrowshahi is leading the company into its long-awaited IPO, which could value the company as high as $100...
View ArticleThe life and rise of Travis Kalanick, Uber's controversial billionaire...
Travis Kalanick founded a startup called UberCab in 2009 that evolved into the Uber we all know today.Uber is now a multi-billion-dollar behemoth that's about to go public.Here's how Kalanick got his...
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