When a Pope dies, another one is made. It is evident that the founder of Uber, Travis Kalanick, has now fallen into disgrace and is unlikely to return to the helm of his creature, but now the name of his probable successor is also circulating: he is an old fox of international top management, that Jeff Immelt former CEO of General Electric.
The former CEO Kalanick was in fact forced to resign from the board of directors after he found himself at the center of a series of lawsuits and outright scandals: the straw that broke the camel's back was the complaint of one of its major investors and board member, Benchmark. However, Kalanick's position had been compromised for months, an unsustainable situation also in light of the strategic and legal problems that the car sharing startup has to face all over the world.
In the stormy Kalanick affair, therefore, Uber now appears to be seeking shelter in the experience of an established manager: has the support of Arianna Huffington (who had also been among the possible candidates) and other directors, as well as that of Benchmark who – despite the lawsuit – remains on the Board of Directors (as well as Kalanick himself) and considers Immelt is not the perfect candidate, but one capable of handling the various highly problematic situations they foresee for the company.
Immelt he resigned as CEO of GE on August XNUMXst: American, 61, led the US giant for nearly 16 years, having been invested as chairman and chief executive officer in September 2001.
