Uber is broken. Can the new CEO fix it?
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https://www.theverge.com/transportation/2017/8/30/16212964/uber-new-ceo-fix-broken-dara-khosrowshahi
- that is hostile toward women
- resigned back in June
- speculation ran high
- spent this past weekend discussing
- sworn herself out of the race on Twitter in July
- very much back in the mix over the weekend
- dark horse candidate
- broke the news Sunday night
- focus of hero worship
- his family left Iran in 1978
- emigrated just before the Iranian revolution
- his brother currently serves as managing director
- told Bloomberg earlier this year
- to $72 billion in 2016
- opposite
- anti-Travis Kalanick
- voice activated search
- a recent profile in the Financial Times
- 87 percent of its revenue on marketing
- happens to be a major priority for Uber’s board of directors
- director of the Technologies for Safe and Efficient Transportation program
- Kalanick’s choice for CEO
- suing Kalanick for fraud
- for the moon
- that Kalanick to take a reduced role
- didn’t have enough support from the board
- recent infighting
- a “truce” candidate
- dug itself into a very deep hole
- pit of sexist behavior and sexual harassment
- blog post
- so damning
- inspired other women to come forward
- an outside investigation led by former US Attorney General Eric Holder
- at least 200 claims of sexual harassment
- a LinkedIn post in 2015
- In another
- spoken out against Trump
- one of the “Highest Rated CEOs” by Glassdoor this year
- to the company’s diversity report
- frat house-style “Uber values”
- sex rules
- to the report that Holder’s investigation released back in June
- no CFO, CMO, or COO
- Human Rights Campaign Foundation
- is higher than Expedia’s
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