Who was the original Uber CEO?

Travis Kalanick, (born August 6, 1976, Los Angeles, California, U.S.), American entrepreneur who was cofounding CEO (2009–17) of the ride-hailing app company Uber, which provided transportation by enabling users to page freelance drivers of privately owned vehicles via smartphones.



The original CEO of Uber was Ryan Graves, who took the helm in 2010 during the company's earliest days. Graves famously landed the job by responding to a tweet from co-founder Travis Kalanick, who was looking for a "product person" to help launch the service. However, the man most synonymous with Uber's aggressive rise is Travis Kalanick, who took over as CEO from Graves in late 2010 and led the company through its global expansion until his resignation in 2017. While Garrett Camp is credited with the original idea of "UberCab," Kalanick was the driving force behind its corporate culture and scaling. In 2026, Uber is led by Dara Khosrowshahi, who has been CEO since 2017 and is credited with stabilizing the company’s image and achieving its first profitable years. Ryan Graves remains a significant figure in Uber’s history, having become a billionaire through his early involvement and board positions.

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Los Angeles, California, U.S. 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.

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Booking Fake Rides Perhaps one of the most widespread Uber scandals, the earliest days of Uber were tainted by the sabotage of other ride-sharing apps. Uber drivers, employees, and managers would schedule rides on other apps to book them and then cancel at the last minute.

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In 2020, he bought a $43.3 million Los Angeles mansion. According to Page Six, Kalanick began dating Victoria's Secret model Daniela Lopez Osorio in early 2021, but the pair has since split. According to Forbes, Kalanick's net worth is around $2.7 billion dollars today.

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Mark Cuban passed on Uber stake that would be worth $2.3 billion now.

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He is a professor of economics and has raised more than $4.5 billion in investment capital. The top shareholders of Uber are Dara Khosrowshahi, Tony West, Nelson J. Chai, SB Investment Advisers (UK) Ltd., Morgan Stanley, and FMR LLC. Below, we take a closer look at the top shareholders of Uber.

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He is a professor of economics and has raised more than $4.5 billion in investment capital. The top shareholders of Uber are Dara Khosrowshahi, Tony West, Nelson J. Chai, SB Investment Advisers (UK) Ltd., Morgan Stanley, and FMR LLC. Below, we take a closer look at the top shareholders of Uber.

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The Wall Street Journal reports that, Uber's name comes from the German word über, meaning over, above.34.

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The top shareholders of Uber are Dara Khosrowshahi, Tony West, Nelson J. Chai, SB Investment Advisers (UK) Ltd., Morgan Stanley, and FMR LLC.

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What happened? Well, as predicted, Uber didn't want to spend the $9 Billion that Lyft was asking for. In 2014, Uber tried to acquire the app with no success. Then, in 2019, Uber was prepared to buy Lyft for $7 Billion, but the ship had sailed, and Lyft rejected the idea, and instead stayed a separate entity.

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In July, a massive leak of Uber's internal texts, emails, invoices, and other documents revealed that under ex-CEO Travis Kalanick, the company had lobbied political leaders to relax labor and taxi laws; used a “kill switch” to obstruct law enforcement from getting access to corporate data; funneled money through tax ...

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At least three of the company's early employees — former CEO Travis Kalanick, Ryan Graves, and Garrett Camp — are now billionaires.

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Kutcher's acting career made him millions, but his lucrative investments made him even more. The actor made millions as an early investor in successful startups such as Skype, Uber, Airbnb, Spotify, Warby Parker, Pinterest, and Shazam among others.

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As of 2022, Uber has a 71% share of sales in the U.S. rideshare market, whereas Lyft only has 29%. However, both have seen significant sales increases since 2021. As of January 2022, Uber's sales are up 84%, and Lyft sales are up 62% year-over-year.

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Mark Cuban turned down the chance to invest in Uber at a valuation of no more than $10 million — just over 0.01% of the ride-hailing company's $91 billion market capitalization today. The Shark Tank star bemoaned the missed opportunity during a recent episode of Hart to Heart, actor Kevin Hart's talk show.

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A-listers like Gwyneth Paltrow, Jay-Z and Oliva Munn confirmed to Forbes that they have invested in Uber.

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Anybody tagged to be “Greyballed” would either see fake “ghost” cars or no cars on the app. In cases where somebody got through and did manage to book an Uber, the company would call the driver to cancel the ride.

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Uber's trio of billionaires, Kalanick, Camp and Graves, are sure to agree with that sentiment too. Corrections: This post has been updated to reflect that Ryan Graves netted $41 million, after-tax, from selling shares in the IPO.

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Google invested $258 million in Uber in 2013 and integrated Uber into Google Maps the following year. The relationship began to sour in 2015 when Uber acquired a team of robotics talent from Carnegie Mellon University, Kalanick said.

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