{"id":396479,"date":"2017-06-21T09:10:40","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T09:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/21\/uber-chief-executive-kalanick-resigns\/"},"modified":"2017-06-21T09:10:40","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T09:10:40","slug":"uber-chief-executive-kalanick-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/21\/uber-chief-executive-kalanick-resigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber chief executive Kalanick &#8216;resigns&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2213899926437_2406904537385.jpg.pagespeed.ce.gYZUFvFOxo.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"UBER boss\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"1132598400\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Uber boss Travis Kalanick has resigned as chief executive after pressure from shareholders, according to media reports.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kalanick will remain on the board of the firm, however,\u00a0the New York Times said.<\/p>\n<p>His resignation comes after a review of practices at the firm and scandals including complaints of sexual harassment.<\/p>\n<p>Last week he said he was taking an indefinite leave of absence.<\/p>\n<p>Five major Uber investors demanded Mr Kalanick\u2019s immediate resignation in a letter on Tuesday, the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kalanick reportedly said: \u201cI love Uber more than anything in the world and at this difficult moment in my personal life I have accepted the investors request to step aside so that Uber can go back to building rather than be distracted with another fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uber boss Travis Kalanick has resigned as chief executive after pressure from shareholders, according to media reports. Mr Kalanick will remain on the board of the firm, however,\u00a0the New York Times said. His resignation comes after a review of practices at the firm and scandals including complaints of sexual harassment. Last week he said he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":396480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-396479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Uber chief executive Kalanick &#039;resigns&#039; - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/21\/uber-chief-executive-kalanick-resigns\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Uber chief executive Kalanick &#039;resigns&#039; - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Uber boss Travis Kalanick has resigned as chief executive after pressure from shareholders, according to media reports. 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