In 2018, Kalanick started a venture fund named 10100, intended to invest in e-commerce, innovation and real estate in emerging markets like China and India. Following the sale, in 2017, Kalanick was ranked 238th on the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans, with a net worth of $2.6 billion.
In the weeks leading up to the resignation, Kalanick sold off approximately 90% of his shares in Uber, for a profit of about $2.5 billion. Kalanick retained his seat on the board of directors until he resigned the seat on December 31, 2019. He resigned from Uber in 2017, after growing pressure resulting from public reports of the company's unethical corporate culture, including allegations that he ignored reports of sexual harassment at the company. Kalanick was CEO of Uber from 2010 to 2017. Previously he worked for Scour, a peer-to-peer file sharing application company, and was the co-founder of Red Swoosh, a peer-to-peer content delivery network that was sold to Akamai Technologies in 2007. Travis Cordell Kalanick ( / ˈ k æ l ə n ɪ k/ born August 6, 1976) is an American businessman best known as the co-founder and former chief executive officer (CEO) of Uber. University of California, Los Angeles (dropped out)
