One side effect of male executives resigning over misconduct: Uber has reached equality in its top leadership.
Uber,caught sleeping naked sex videos once run by about 17 men and five women, is now run by about seven women and seven men, according to our analysis.
CEO Travis Kalanick's resignation on Tuesday night capped off an exodus of executives from the company. The ride-hailing giant, under close scrutiny for its macho culture and pervasive sexual harassment, has been bleeding execs since engineer Susan Fowler published a blog post in February whistleblowing on the sexual harassment she and many other women experienced at the company.
Most of Uber's top leaders to leave the company since then have been, you guessed it, men. Some of them left facing their own allegations of misconduct.
That leaves Uber with few leaders left—many of whom happen to be women.
The women left running Uber aren't necessarily absolved of responsibility for Uber's failures. HR chief Liane Hornsey in particular has come under scrutiny for her role in protecting high-level managers who faced allegations of sexual harassment.
But the makeup of Uber's current leadership is still worth noting—at least for how many men have left the company, if not how many women are left running it.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Since February, Uber has lost:
CEO and founder Travis Kalanick, who created much of the culture that has encouraged problematic behavior at Uber
SVP of Business Emil Michael, who once threatened to stalk female journalists and, with Kalanick, led a team outing to an escort bar in Seoul
SVP of Engineering Amit Singhal, accused of sexual harassment at Google
VP of Product and Growth Ed Baker, who allegedly engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct with an Uber employee
President of Business of Asia Pacific Eric Alexander, who stole medical records of a woman who was raped during an Uber ride in India
Head of Autonomous Driving Anthony Levandowksi, at the center of a lawsuit over stealing self-driving technology from Google
VP of Maps Brian McClendon, also tied to that lawsuit
Director of AI Gary Marcus
VP of Global Vehicles Sherif Marakby
General Counsel for Europe, Middle East, and Africa Jim Callaghan
Senior Director of Engineering at Advanced Technologies Center Raffi Krikorian
President Jeff Jones, who lasted only six months
Head of Communications Rachel Whetstone
Head of Finance Gautam Gupta
That leaves:
Chief Technology Officer Thuan Pham
HR Chief Liane Hornsey
Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan
SVP of Global Operations Ryan Graves
Chief Product Officer Jeff Holden
Chief Legal Officer Salle Yoo
Head of Global Expansion Austin Geidt
GM of US and Canada Rachel Holt
SVP of Leadership and Strategy Frances Frei, hired in June
Chief Brand Officer Bozoma Saint John, hired in June
David Richter, promoted to replace Emil Michael
Jill Hazelbaker, promoted to replace Rachel Whetstone
Daniel Graf, promoted to replace Ed Baker
Eric Meyhofer, promoted to replace Anthony Levandowski
Those are the leaders we know about; Uber's leadership structure can be complicated and not always clear in who reports to whom. Uber could have promoted more staffers internally to replace departed executives. Uber didn't immediately respond to a request to clarify its current leadership.
But for those keeping count, based on what we have now, that's 13 men and one woman to leave Uber, three men and one woman promoted to take their places, four men and four women left standing, and two women hired to clean up the mess. So the current tally, it seems, is seven women, seven men in Uber's top leadership.
Uber's newfound parity could certainly disappear as it fills its many empty leadership roles.
That's not even counting Uber's board of directors. Board member Arianna Huffington has been a driving force behind former Attorney General Eric Holder's investigation into sexual harassment at Uber. She also supported the rehabilitation of Kalanick up until he stepped aside.
Wan Ling Martello, executive vice president of Nestle in Asia, joined Uber's board this month. She became the second woman on Uber's board, joining Huffington. And board member David Bonderman resigned after he made a sexist joke during a staff meeting addressing Uber's sexism.
So women are left standing at Uber as the company slowly recovers from years of its win-at-all-costs mentality being used to justify inappropriate and offensive behavior. Exactly what we meant when we asked for diversity!
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