Uber's troubles mount as it sees an executive exodus

Uber has been scrutinised over its workplace culture and the behaviour of its top executives

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Last Updated : Apr 14 2017 | 1:24 AM IST
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.

Gary Marcus, Artificial intelligence

Joined: Dec 2016    

Left: March 2017

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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.







Amit Singhal, Engineering

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.








Jeff Jones, Ride-sharing services

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.







Ed Baker, Product development

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.







Raffi Krikorian, Self-driving initiative

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.








Brian McClendon, Mapping

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.







Rachel Whetstone, Communications

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.

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