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Travis Kalanick

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Travis Cordell Kalanick (; born August 6, 1976) is an American businessman best known as the co-founder and former chief executive officer (CEO) of Uber. Previously he worked for Scour, a peer-to-peer file sharing application company, and was the co-founder of Red Swoosh, a peer-to-peer content delivery network that was sold to Akamai Technologies in 2007. Kalanick was CEO of Uber from 2010 to 2017. He resigned from Uber in 2017, after growing pressure resulting from public reports of the company's unethical corporate culture, including allegations that he ignored reports of sexual harassment at the company. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Travis Kalanick is the 823rd most popular businessperson (down from 806th in 2024), the 15,681st most popular biography from United States (up from 16,328th in 2019) and the 289th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Travis Kalanick ranks 823 out of 847. Before him are Carol Bartz, Glenn Beck, Gary Vaynerchuk, Rick Snyder, Annika Falkengren, and Scooter Braun. After him are Marillyn Hewson, Mike Krieger, Fikret Orman, Vinod Khosla, Tessy Antony de Nassau, and Evan Spiegel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Travis Kalanick ranks 636. Before him are Gabriel Iglesias, Kazuaki Hayashi, Lucía Puenzo, João Vieira, Hiroshi Sakai, and Camille Guaty. After him are Zoé Félix, Wilson Oruma, Gehad Grisha, Diana Vishneva, Nawaf Al-Temyat, and Tang Lin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Travis Kalanick ranks 15,688 out of 20,380. Before him are Raquel Atawo (1982), Rose Mofford (1922), Richard Lloyd (1951), Daryl Sabara (1992), David C. Hilmers (1950), and P. J. O'Rourke (1947). After him are Judson Mills (1969), Ian Gomez (1964), Robin Weigert (1969), Jacob Batalon (1996), Rebecca Walker (1969), and Alaska Thunderfuck (1985).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Travis Kalanick ranks 289. Before him are Heidi Fleiss (1965), Biz Stone (1974), Carol Bartz (1948), Glenn Beck (1964), Rick Snyder (1958), and Scooter Braun (1981). After him are Marillyn Hewson (1953), Evan Spiegel (1990), Scott Forstall (1968), Roger Goodell (1959), Jack Abramoff (1959), and Steve King (1949).

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