Photo: APSan Francisco: Travis Kalanick lost his job as chief executive officer at Uber Technologies Inc. in June. After relinquishing the chief executive’s seat on Uber’s board, Kalanick immediately took a new seat at the table and has kept a tight grip on two other unfilled board positions. According to Walter Isaacson’s biography Steve Jobs, they wanted the guy out. Nevertheless, a heartbroken Jobs stopped attending Apple board meetings and took off for Europe. Jobs took five Apple employees with him to NeXT, and Apple sued his company, claiming he was stealing confidential information and breaching his fiduciary duty.

Source: Mint August 14, 2017 12:22 UTC