Uber to Hire COO After Kalanick Pledges to ‘Get Leadership Help’
- Company faces multiple challenges from lawsuits to image
- CEO promised to shore up ranks after argument with driver
Uber CEO Kalanick Caught on Video Arguing Over Fares
Uber Technologies Inc. is seeking a chief operating officer, making good on a pledge by Travis Kalanick to seek “leadership help” after a verbal altercation with a driver was caught on video.
The new hire will be, "a peer who can partner with me to write the next chapter in our journey," Kalanick, the chief executive officer, said in a posting on the company’s website Tuesday.