Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I begin to take on the life of an interviewer, even though i have a day job running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . You have been the ceo of uber for how long now . Dara two years. David do you enjoy it . Dara i love it. David the company was not a public company. You have taken it public. You received a lot of publicity about the ipo. The company has a higher market capitalization, roughly 72 billion. Higher market capitalization than any company in american capitalism history except for facebook, this short a time after the ipo. Why are so many people criticizing you for having a 72 billion market cap . Dara i think there are many critics for a large company. That is a fact of life. What is different about some of the companies of our generation that are coming public, the socalled unicorns, we have stayed private for longer. We have raised more money over a longer time. When w
I dont consider myself a journalist. Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of an interviewer, even though i have a day job running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . You have been the ceo of uber for how long now . Dara two years. David do you enjoy it . Dara i love it. David the company was not a Public Company when you came in. You have taken it public. You received a lot of publicity about the ipo. Obviously you know that. The company has a higher market capitalization, roughly 72 billion. Higher market capitalization than any company in american capitalism history except for facebook, this short a time after the ipo. Why are so many people criticizing you for having a 72 billion market cap . Dara i think there are many critics out there, especially for a large company. That is a fact of life. What is different about some of the Technology Companies of our generation that are coming public
I dont consider myself a journalist. Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of an interviewer, even though i have a day job running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . You have been the ceo of uber for how long now . Dara two years. David do you enjoy it . Dara i love it. David when you came in, the company was not a Public Company when you came in. You have taken it public. You received a lot of publicity about the ipo. Obviously you know that. The company has a higher market capitalization, roughly 72 billion. Higher market capitalization than any company in american capitalism history except for facebook, this short a time after the ipo. Why are so many people criticizing you for having a 72 billion market cap . Dara i think there are many critics for a large company. That is a fact of life. What is different about some of the Technology Companies of our generation that are coming public, th
Everybody, im kelly evans right here im here at the Stock Exchange weather central or something im Bill Griffith, energy still this is kind of a catchy tune, isnt it . Energy weighing on the market yet again today. Oil to a ten month low, you is that true earlier, health care has been a big winner today with a number of biotech stocks pushing that index higher. Were going to have more on whats behind the moves coming up here. Take a look at footlocker today. It could become the latest amazon victim. Nike is getting closer to selling on amazon. Another retailer should be worried with foot locker down 5 which one is it . Youve heard this story, this is unbelievable George Clooney selling his tequila business for 1 billion. Jeff cohen sitting here next to me he cant believe this. We have a special report on why tequila sales are so hot right now. Its only 700 million up front. Oh, well, okay. The 300 thatll come down the road if they sit certain targets. This reminds me, griffin was known
We talk with the founder of code for america, who was in the room alongside techs heavyweights for the first meeting of the American Technology council. But first, to our lead. Travis kalanick is officially out as ubers ceo, resigning from the company he cofounded. Kalanicks resignation comes just a week after the board announced he would take a leave of absence following months of scandal and employee exits. However, the pressure did not come from the board. Instead, in a rare move, investors pushed kalanick to step aside. After all of these investors poured more than 15 billion into uber, a Company Worth 65 billion. Caroline hyde broke down the news with our bloomberg tech reporter Eric Newcomer and nimay mehta, a partner at the lead edge and investor into uber. Eric kalanick had hoped the leave would satisfy critics and give him time to recharge after the death of his mother, and sort of, somewhat take responsibility for the findings of the holder inquiry. But then it clearly was no