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Uber CEO Travis Kalanick quits Trump advisory group

on Feb 3, 2017 | 0 comments

By John Glenday

Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick has dramatically resigned from president Trump’s business advisory group just weeks after being invited to join amidst mounting concern from employees and campaigners over the administrations immigration policies.

In recent days, such qualms had manifested themselves in a social media campaign in which Uber users were urged to delete their accounts and sign-up for rival Lyft instead, actions which briefly saw Lyft overtake Uber in Apple’s download chart.

Addressing employees on the issue Kalanick wrote: “Joining the group was not meant to be an endorsement of the president or Read full story ›

Source: The Drum