In the last three months, as Uber has been scrutinised over its workplace culture and the behaviour of its top executives, several high-ranking managers have left the ride-hailing company. At least one has been openly critical about the way the company has run economies globally and the strong franc weakened revenues to its self-driving cars effort.
Joined: Dec 2016
Left: March 2017
Marcus joined Uber through an acquisition of his artificial intelligence company, Geometric Intelligence. He left three months after Uber began a new internal research arm on AI.
Joined: Jan 2017
Left: Feb 2017
He was dismissed from the ride-hailing company for failing to disclose a sexual harassment claim that occurred during his Google tenure.
Joined: Aug 2016
Left: March 2017
Jones was hired from Target to be Uber’s president of ride-sharing, with a mandate to improve the company's relationships with drivers. He left after Uber began a search for a chief operating officer.
Joined: Sep 2013
Left: March 2017
Baker, a former Facebook executive, was hired as vice president of growth and later became head of product and growth. He resigned after the company began its internal investigation into workplace culture.
Joined: March 2015
Left: February 2017
Krikorian was a senior director of engineering at Advanced Technologies Center. He left several months after Uber brought in new leadership.
Joined: Jun 2015
Left: March 2017
McClendon was a vice president at Uber who worked on mapping and autonomous vehicle technology initiatives. He left amicably to move to his home state of Kansas to explore politics.
Joined: May 2015
Left: Apr 2017
Whetstone joined Uber as senior vice-president for policy and communications. She departed after tensions with Travis Kalanick, Uber’s chief executive.