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Travis Kalanick (Uber Founder)

movie Businessman, Computer Programmer cake 6 August 1976
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Net Worth

$6.3 billion

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Height

in centimeters- 178 cm in meters- 1.78 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 10”

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Age

40

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Nation

American

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Basic Information

Date of Birth: 6 August 1976
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Nationality: American
Hometown: Northridge, California, USA

Family & Relationships

Marital Status: Unmarried
Spouse: - 2014–2016)
Children: Son- N/A Daughter- N/A

Education

Schools: Granada Hills Charter High School (GHCHS), Los Angeles
Colleges: University of California, Los Angeles

Lifestyle

Religion: Christianity

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Some Lesser Known Facts About Travis Kalanick

  • Does Travis Kalanick smoke?: Not Known
  • Does Travis Kalanick drink alcohol?: Not Known
  • As a kid, he wanted to be a spy.
  • As a youngster, he used to sell knives for Cutco.
  • At the age of 18, he started his SAT-prep course called ‘New Way Academy.’
  • In 1998, he dropped out of college to work on Scour, a peer-to-peer search engine, with his classmates Michael Todd and Vince Busam. 
  • In 2009, Travis and his friend Garrett Camp struck with an idea of “pushing a button to get a ride”, after which they both founded ‘Uber’, a location-based app that makes hiring an on-demand private driver.
  • His parents were “rider zero” or the first riders of his Uber cab service.
  • On 21 June 2017, he resigned from the position of Uber’s CEO due to investors pressure because of the misogynistic workplace culture and Kalanick’s berating an Uber drive.

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