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[webfact]

Uber CEO quits Trump's business advisory group

By Heather Somerville and David Shepardson

REUTERS

 

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick speaks to students during an interaction at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campus in Mumbai, India, January 19, 2016. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

 

SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick has quit President Donald Trump's business advisory group after coming under criticism for taking part, the company said on Thursday.

 

The CEO of the ride hailing service had been under mounting pressure from activists who oppose the administration's immigration policies, including Uber drivers, many of whom are immigrants themselves.

 

"Joining the group was not meant to be an endorsement of the president or his agenda but unfortunately it has been misinterpreted to be exactly that," Kalanick, who had planned to attend a meeting of the group on Friday, said in an email to staff that was seen by Reuters.

 

Uber spokeswoman Chelsea Kohler later confirmed that he had left the group.

 

Social media campaigns had targeted Uber, urging users to delete accounts. The company this week has been emailing users who deleted their account to emphasise it shares concerns about the immigration orders and efforts to compensate drivers affected by the ban.

 

Kalanick said he spoke briefly to Trump about the immigration order "and its issues for our community" and told the president he would not join the economic council.

 

The CEO came under increasing pressure to leave the council after Trump issued an executive order temporarily barring people from seven majority-Muslim nations from entering the United States.

 

"There are many ways we will continue to advocate for just change on immigration but staying on the council was going to get in the way of that. The executive order is hurting many people in communities all across America," he wrote in a note to employees. "Families are being separated, people are stranded overseas and there’s a growing fear the U.S. is no longer a place that welcomes immigrants."

 

The move could put pressure on other CEOs expected to attend a meeting with Trump on Friday. General Motors Co said its chief executive will attend, while Walt Disney Co said earlier Thursday its chief executive would not attend because of a long-planned-board meeting.

 

Others expected to take part include the CEOs of JPMorgan Chase & Co, Blackstone Group LP, IBM Corp and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Others that are part of the council include Tesla Motors chief executive Elon Musk, PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi and Boston Consulting Group CEO Rich Lesser.

 

The White House did not immediately comment.

 

(Reporting by Heather Somerville in San Francisco, David Shepardson in Washington, Joe White in Detroit writing Peter Henderson; Editing by David Gregorio)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-02-03

[craigt3365]

Congrats!  Hopefully, more will follow.

[Luckysilk]

Of course he will his company needs drivers from those country's :)

[elgordo38]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

"Joining the group was not meant to be an endorsement of the president or his agenda

Yeah your right I  misinterpreted it to. 

[Srikcir]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

"Joining the group was not meant to be an endorsement of the president or his agenda but unfortunately it has been misinterpreted to be exactly that,"

No misinterpretation. You own what you associate with.

And given Trump's ego and self-importance, such a group is just a blind for Trump's agenda.

[Grouse]

can't imagine Elon Musk tolerating all the BS

[khunken]

Must be a coincidence but Uber have just announced a $700m investment in Indonesia. They also recruited an ex-army chief as a senior exec.

[elgordo38]

2 hours ago, Srikcir said:

No misinterpretation. You own what you associate with.

And given Trump's ego and self-importance, such a group is just a blind for Trump's agenda.

If we own it please send us the title. Whats this owning crap. We are here to have a little fun listen to others. There is nothing in Thailand I want to own. 

[spidermike007]

Good on this chap, for doing the right thing. Though the ban on travel is the correct thing to do, the haphazard way these neophytes went about it was all wrong. Banning people who had already gone through an extreme vetting process, which has been in effect since 9/11, who already have visas and green cards was as boneheaded, and ignorant  as it could have possibly been. All that does is alienate the planet, and cause more issues, make American less safe, and move us further away from where we need to be, as a country. Sure, ban all others temporarily, until a cohesive policy is established. But, to ban those who have already been approved was churlish, ignorant, dumb, juvenile, callous, hateful, and really, really bad policy. 

[impulse]

2 hours ago, Srikcir said:

No misinterpretation. You own what you associate with.

And given Trump's ego and self-importance, such a group is just a blind for Trump's agenda.

 

I've always found that it's easier to influence people that I actually interact with, as opposed to those I avoid.  He could be on the advisory group and play a part in, well, advising Trump.

 

Or he can cave in to social media pressure.  I figured he'd have bigger balls.  Now he's just a kibitzer.

 

Edit:  http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/02/technology/elon-musk-trump-travel-ban/index.html

Edited February 3, 2017 by impulse

[Usernames]

Time for a Trump tweet about Uber. 

[mtls2005]

No barrier to entry, LYFT gaining, and a serious number of un-installs (and lack of new downloads). Amazed he waited this long.

 

 

Time for a Trump tweet about Uber. 

 

Not hard to imagine words like "he's a dope, he's stupid, fake cars, losing market share, sad."

[Jdietz]

And now the other half of the users can uninstall that crap.

[impulse]

3 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

No barrier to entry, LYFT gaining, and a serious number of un-installs (and lack of new downloads). Amazed he waited this long.

 

 

Time for a Trump tweet about Uber. 

 

Not hard to imagine words like "he's a dope, he's stupid, fake cars, losing market share, sad."

 

How long is their funding going to last at their current burn rate?