Uber
co-founder Travis Kalanick has resigned from his position as chief
executive of the $68bn ride-hailing app following a tumultuous six
months of scandal.
Kalanick stepped down in the face of pressure from five of Uber’s largest investors, according to the New York Times. Kalanick will, however, stay on the company’s board.
“I 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,”
Kalanick said in a statement to the New York Times.
The
resignation comes just one week after Kalanick began an indefinite
leave of absence amid efforts to bring about wholesale change of Uber’s
corporate culture.
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