In California during boating killed the mother of the founder of Uber Travis Kalanick (Travis Kalanick). About it reports TV channel ABC News referring to the company.
71-year-old Bonnie Kalanick and her husband, 78-year-old Donald, ran into a stone on a lake, pine flat, near the city of Fresno. The woman died at the scene, the man was taken to hospital with injuries of moderate severity. His condition doctors assessed as stable.
In circulated within the company a letter called the incident “unimaginable tragedy.” “All in the family Uber know how Travis is close to his parents”, — stated in the message.
1 Mar entrepreneur Travis Kalanick had a fight with the driver of his company Fawzi Kamel (Fawzi Kamel) due to the low wages of taxi drivers. The video with the fight the day has gained more than 400 thousand views.
Uber, an international taxi service operating in 68 countries worldwide. In Russia the services of the company can assist in nine cities. Taxi booking available via mobile apps, through it the user can track the movement of hired vehicle. Capitalization of a startup is estimated at 62.5 billion dollars.