PhotoSAN FRANCISCO — Travis Kalanick, chief executive of Uber, is seeking a No. 2 executive to lend him a hand after a bumpy start to his year. Mr. Kalanick issued a one-sentence statement on Tuesday saying, “We’re actively looking for a Chief Operating Officer: a peer who can partner with me to write the next chapter in our journey.”An Uber spokesman declined to comment beyond the statement. Mr. Kalanick’s search for a chief operating officer follows several blows to Uber this year that have raised questions about the ride-hailing company’s workplace culture and business tactics. At Facebook, the social network, Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive, brought in Sheryl Sandberg, a respected tech executive who is now the company’s chief operating officer.

Source: New York Times March 07, 2017 19:59 UTC