ABC News: Uber CEO Steps Down from Trump Economic Advisory Council over Travel Ban Backlash
The CEO followed up with an email to drivers Sunday promising to provide legal support to any who could not return to the U.S.
Uber CEO Steps Down From Trump Economic Advisory Council Amid Immigration Order Controversy (ABC News)
Travis Kalanick, the co-founder and chief executive of popular ride-sharing app Uber, announced Thursday he is stepping down from his position on President Donald Trump’s economic advisory council.
The decision, shared with Uber employees in a company-wide memo obtained by ABC News, comes the same week that a number of technology companies have expressed opposition to Trump’s recent executive order limiting travel and immigration for nationals of seven countries.
“Joining the group was not meant to be an endorsement of the President or his agenda but unfortunately it has been misinterpreted to be exactly that,” wrote Kalanick in the memo.
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