Travis Kalanick, Uber Chief, Apologizes After Fight With Driver -
By MIKE ISAACMARCH 1, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO — Travis Kalanick, the chief executive of Uber, apologized on Tuesday after a video
showing him in a verbal altercation with a driver for the ride-hailing company became public.
Hours after the video became public, Mr. Kalanick delivered an apology in the form of an email to employees
addressing Mr. Kamel, “as well as the driver and rider community, and to the Uber team.”
“To say that I am ashamed is an extreme understatement,” Mr. Kalanick wrote in the email, which the company later posted to its public blog.
During the exchange, Mr. Kamel complains about what he says is Uber’s history of lowering earnings for drivers,
and Mr. Kalanick says Mr. Kamel should “take responsibility” for his own problems.
That is not what I did, and it cannot be explained away.”
The company said it had reached out to Mr. Kamel and hoped to arrange a conversation between him and Mr. Kalanick