Travis Kalanick has at least one other recently unemployed chief executive in his corner.
Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer defended the disgraced Uber leader’s honor — or at least his obliviousness — in a speech in Palo Alto on Tuesday, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
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“I just don’t think he knew,” Mayer reportedly said of why Kalanick let such a toxic culture of systemic sexism fester at the ride-hailing company. “When your company scales that quickly, it’s hard.”
“Scale is incredibly tricky,” she added. “I count Travis as one of my friends. I think he’s a phenomenal leader; Uber is ridiculously interesting.” Read more…
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