Travis Kalanick—Forced to resign as Uber CEO amid multiple scandals including harassment, regulatory evasion, and trade secret theft
In June 2017, five major Uber investors demanded Kalanick's resignation following cascading scandals: the Susan Fowler harassment revelations, the Greyball regulatory evasion tool, the Waymo trade secret theft lawsuit, a leaked video of Kalanick arguing with an Uber driver, and the Eric Holder investigation findings. Kalanick resigned as CEO on June 20, 2017.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate Governance | -against | primary | -1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.885 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (critical ×2) × confidence (0.59)× agency (reactive ×0.75)
Evidence (1 signal)
Kalanick resigned as Uber CEO under investor pressure
Five major Uber investors demanded Travis Kalanick's resignation in a letter titled 'Moving Uber Forward.' Kalanick resigned on June 20, 2017, saying 'I love Uber more than anything in the world and at this difficult moment in my personal life I have accepted the investors' request.'