Travis Kalanick Biography

Travis Kalanick, who started from scratch, is now among the richest businessmen of the generation. He is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and computer programmer known primarily for being the CEO of the company. Uber in 2009, a huge transportation company that operated in more than 66 countries and more than 360 cities. Similarly, he co-founded two tech startups prior to Uber, including Red Swoosh , a peer-to-peer file-sharing company, and online file-sharing service Scrub . Additionally, he was listed as the 290th richest American by Forbes magazine in 2014.

Early life and education of Travis Kalanick

Travis Kalanick was born on August 6, 1976 to Bonnie Renée Horowitz Kalanick (née Bloom) (died 2017) and Donald Edward Kalanick. Kalanick’s mother used to work in retail advertising for the Los Angeles Daily News and his father was a civil engineer in Los Angeles.

He grew up in a suburb of Los Angeles. along with her two half-sisters, Allisyn Ashley Brazo , who is an actress and her brother, Cory who is a firefighter.

Kalanick studied computer engineering and business economics at the University of California, Los Angeles. He learned to code in high school. He left UCLA to work at his file-sharing company.

Travis Kalanick’s career

While a student at the University of California, Los Angeles, he was a member of the Theta Xi fraternity and started his first business, an online file-sharing service called Scrub .

Kalanick along with his classmates, Micheal Todd and Busam Win dropped out of UCLA in 1998 to help Y Rodrigues founded Scour Inc., an Internet search engine and file-sharing service that allows users to share music and movies online. Although its services became popular, the company was sued for copyright infringement by the film and recording industries.

The company finally filed for bankruptcy in 2000, and later sold all assets. Even after an unsuccessful start, it didn’t stop Kalanick from pursuing his career in the field and he soon started a new company called Red Swoosh , another peer-to-peer file-sharing company.

The company gained several celebrity clients and was able to sell the Red Swoosh in 2007 to Akamai Technologies for nearly $19 million.

In 2009, Kalanick joined Camp Garrett. He came up with the idea for Uber, a mobile app that connects passengers with drivers to hire them for taxi services.

Uber operates in more than 360 cities and 66 countries around the world. And in 2010, Kalanick succeeded Ryan Graves as CEO who held the position for ten months.

In December 2016 the news came that Kalanick would be participating President Donald Trump economic advisory council. The news sparked a backlash against Uber, mainly after Trump introduced a controversial immigration order and withdrew from the board in February 2017.

On June 21, 2017, Kalanick stepped down as CEO after Benchmark Capital. Despite his resignation, Kalanick will retain his seat on Uber’s board of directors.

As of March 7, 2018, he announced that he would be starting a company, 10100 . The fund will tap employment opportunities on a large scale by investing in e-commerce, innovation and real estate in developing markets such as India and China.

Travis Kalanick Net Worth

According to Forbes, Travis Kalanick’s net worth is estimated at $4.8 billion. Following a $9.3 billion deal with Japan’s Softbank, he is reportedly selling $1.4 billion worth of shares in the ride-sharing company.

Kalanick sold almost a third of his shares. 6.6% he has in Uber, which is worth around $3 million as of now.

Travis Kalanick’s personal life

Talking about his personal life, he was in a relationship with Gabi Holzwarth (2014-2016), a violinist who interned at Shyp for almost 2 years. Both were introduced to each other by an Uber investor, Shervin Pishevar.

There was a rumor that they ended their relationship due to increased pressure at work. And before this, he was in a relationship with his then girlfriend Angie. They both bought a house in the upper hills of the Castro section of San Francisco and were nicknamed Clock Pad.

As of 2018, you are possibly single and leading a luxurious life in San Francisco, California, United States of America.

Controversy

Kalanick has been involved in numerous controversies in his career. In the past, he was caught on video arguing with a driver over fares for which he later apologized.

In February 2017, one of Uber’s former employees wrote a highly publicized blog post discussing the company’s failed attempt to address allegations of sexual harassment.

After the company was heavily criticized, Kalanick hired Eric Holder’s law firm to lead an investigation into those charges, and furthermore, Uber was also claimed to be an overly aggressive work environment.

‘Review and reassign Travis Kalanick’s responsibilities.’

Several days later, Kalanick announced that he was going away.

On August 10, 2017, Axios stated that Benchmark is suing Kalanick for breach of contract fraud and breach of fiduciary duty. The lawsuit was based on Uber’s decision to increase the number of seats on the board. The lawsuit was highly controversial due to the relationship between the investor and the founder. The investment firm agreed to drop the lawsuit if Uber completed its transaction with Softbank. Uber later agreed to sell a sizeable stake to SoftBank.

But, the court ruled in favor of Kalanick to transfer the case to arbitration on August 30. In January 2018, Benchmark’s dropped the lawsuit against Kalanick.

body measurements

• Height: She is 5 feet 8 inches (1.76 m) tall.
• Weight: As of 2018, he weighs 71 kg.