“work with the government to establish clear background checks currently absent in their commercial transportation licensing programs”
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Travis Kalanick
Travis Cordell Kalanick is an American businessman best known as the co-founder and former chief executive officer (CEO) of Uber. Previously he worked for Scour, a peer-to-peer file sharing application company, and was the co-founder of Red Swoosh, a peer-to-peer content delivery network that was sold to Akamai Technologies in 2007. He is currently CEO of Atoms, which owns CloudKitchens, operator…
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business · American entrepreneur and former CEO of Uber · entrepreneur · businessperson · computer scientist · also Travis Kalanick, Travis C. Kalanick, Travis Cordell Kalanick, Kalanick
Born 6 August 1976 · Q7836291
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2026· 12 entries
“conduct an urgent investigation into these allegations”
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The Economic Times: Travis Kalanick on how his relationship with Bill Gurley unravelled over Uber fundraising, leadership
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Public attention spiked: 3,755 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.3× the usual 706, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Travis Kalanick on how his relationship with Bill Gurley unravelled over Uber fundraising, leadership” (The Economic Times).
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The Next Web: Atoms hires Travis Kalanick’s old Uber finance chief as CFO
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Yahoo Finance: Ex-Uber boss Travis Kalanick lands air taxi 'vertiport' deal with Joby
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Yahoo Finance: I worked with Elon Musk and Travis Kalanick in my 20s. Here's what I learned from them about building a company.
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Business Insider: Travis Kalanick says he's the only CEO with a 5-minute jet ski commute
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Public attention spiked: 5,025 Wikipedia readers in one day, 7.1× the usual 706, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Uber backs former CEO Travis Kalanick’s Atoms in $1.7-billion funding deal” (Moneycontrol).
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Moneycontrol: Uber backs former CEO Travis Kalanick’s Atoms in $1.7-billion funding deal
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Insider: 'I never left': Travis Kalanick launches new robotics company Atoms with manifesto
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Kalanick announced a new company, Atoms, which absorbed CloudKitchens, with a focus on robotics
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2022· 1 entry
The Guardian: Travis Kalanick’s response to the Uber files
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2019· 2 entries
Kalanick announced his resignation from the board effective December 31, 2019
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Kalanick purchased a penthouse in 565 Broome Street, New York City for $36
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2018· 2 entries
Kalanick announced via his Twitter account that he would start a venture fund, 10100 (pronounced 'ten-one-hundred'), focused on job growth in emerging markets like China and India
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Kalanick started the 10100 Fund to invest in e-commerce, innovation and real estate in emerging markets such as China and India
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2017· 5 entries
Axios reported that Benchmark was suing Kalanick for "fraud, breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty", in an attempt to remove Kalanick's residual right to name two further board members
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Kalanick resigned as CEO after five major investors, including Benchmark Capital, demanded his resignation in a letter
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It was announced that Kalanick would take an indefinite leave of absence from Uber, although he continued to work without the approval of the company's board
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After growing pressure from allegations that he ignored reports of sexual harassment at the company
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Holzwarth told HuffPost she was "glad to be out of Uber's orbit", which she described as a deeply misogynistic environment and an "unhealthy world of impossible standards" that was damaging to her psyche, as she had deal
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2016· 1 entry
Negotiated an option to appoint another three board members at his discretion
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2014· 3 entries
Wired: travis kalanick
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Business Insider reported Kalanick had publicly accused co-founder Michael Todd of making the decision without his knowledge, while Todd stated it was a decision they made together
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Kalanick was part of a group of Uber executives who visited a karaoke bar in Seoul that featured escorts
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2011· 1 entry
With the first ridesharing website in the world using regular drivers, he felt Wingz was illegal and contacted authorities to stop regular drivers from giving rides
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2009· 1 entry
Kalanick co-founded ridesharing company Uber with Canadian entrepreneur Garrett Camp, co-founder of StumbleUpon
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2007· 1 entry
Competitor Akamai Technologies acquired Red Swoosh for approximately $19 million
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2001· 1 entry
With Michael Todd, Kalanick started Red Swoosh, another peer-to-peer file-sharing company
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2000· 1 entry
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) brought a $250 billion lawsuit against Scour, alleging copyrigh
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1998· 2 entries
Dropped out to work at the start-up Scour full-time
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Kalanick, along with Michael Todd and Vince Busam, dropped out of UCLA to work for Dan Rodrigues, founder of Scour Inc
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1976· 2 entries
Born 1976-08-06.
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And grew up in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles
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