Travis Kalanick. Komai na siyarwa ne

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Ci gaba: Travis Cordell Kalanick

Ranar haihuwa: 6 ga Agusta, 1976, Los Angeles.

Ƙasar: Ba'amurke

Matsayin iyali: kyauta, babu yara

Sa'a: $ 6 biliyan

Ilimi: Granada Hills High School, Jami'ar California, UCLA (ƙaramin)

Kwarewa: New Way Academy, Scour Fellow (1998-2001), Wanda ya kafa kuma Shugaban Red Swoosh (2001-2007), Co-kafa sannan kuma Shugaban Uber (2009-present)

Abubuwan sha'awa: kiɗan gargajiya, motoci

Direbobin tasi sun tsane shi. Wannan tabbas. Don haka ba zai iya cewa gaba daya shi masoyi ne kuma farin jini ba. A gefe guda, rayuwarsa babban misali ne na cika burin Amurkawa da kuma aiki a cikin salon Silicon Valley na gargajiya.

haifar da cece-kuce da matsala, a wata hanya, sana'arsa ce. Kafin ya yi girma tare da Uber app, ya yi aiki don, a tsakanin sauran abubuwa, kamfanin da ke yin injin binciken fayil Scour. Ya yi nasara a wannan kasuwancin, amma saboda masu amfani da su na iya sauke fina-finai da kiɗa kyauta, kamfanonin nishaɗi sun kai karar kamfanin.

Da farko biliyan 250.

Travis Kalanick ɗan asalin California ne. An haife shi a Los Angeles a cikin dangi da tushen Czech-Austriya. Ya ciyar da dukan ƙuruciyarsa da ƙuruciyarsa a Kudancin California. A sha takwas ya yi nasa Kasuwancin farko na New Way Academy, sabis ɗin shirye-shiryen gwajin SAT na Amurka. Ya tallata kwas ɗin "1500+" da ya haɓaka, yana mai da'awar cewa abokin ciniki na farko ya inganta makinsa da maki 400.

Ya karanta Computer engineering a UCLA. A lokacin ne ya hadu da wadanda suka kafa Sabis na Scour. Ya shiga kungiyar a shekarar 1998. Ya daina karatun jami'a kuma ya sadaukar da kansa don haɓaka farawa yayin karɓar fa'idodin rashin aikin yi. Shekaru daga baya, ya nuna a matsayin daya daga cikin wadanda suka kafa Scour, ko da yake wannan ba gaskiya ba ne.

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Skur ya girma. Ba da da ewa, har zuwa goma sha uku mutane suna aiki a cikin Apartment na kafa kamfanin Michael Todd da Dan Rodriguez. Kamfanin yana samun farin jini. Miliyoyin mutane sun fara amfani da shi, amma akwai matsalolin samun jari, da kuma ... gasar, watau. sanannen Napster, wanda ya inganta tsarin raba fayil kuma bai ɗora sabobin ba sosai. Bayan haka, kamar yadda aka ambata, ƙungiyar haɗin gwiwar tambarin Scour ta kai ƙarar kusan dala biliyan 250! Kamfanin ya kasa jurewa wannan aikin. Ta yi fatara.

Bayan faduwar Skur, Travis ya kafa Red Swoosh sabiswanda ke aiki irin wannan kuma ana amfani dashi don raba fayil. Shirin jaruminmu shine kungiyoyi talatin da uku da suka kai karar Skur su shiga kungiyar... abokan huldar sabon aikin nasa. Hakan ya sa kamfanonin da suka kai karar wanda ya fara aiki Kalanick ya fara biyan shi kudi a wannan karon. Bayan 'yan shekaru, a cikin 2007, ya sayar da sabis ga Akamai akan dala miliyan 23. Yana daga cikin kudaden da aka samu daga wannan yarjejeniya da ya ware wa kafa a shekarar 2009 tare da abokin aikinsa Garrett Camp. UberCab app, wanda ya ba da damar yin rajistar tafiye-tafiye masu rahusa waɗanda suka yi gogayya da tasi, wanda daga nan ya zama Uber.

Madadin sufuri a cikin Silicon Valley

Lokacin gwada sabis ɗin, Kalanick da Camp sun tuka motocin haya da kansu don ganin yadda app ɗin ke aiki a zahiri. Fasinjojin farko iyayen Kalanick ne. Kamfanin yana daki daya na gidan haya. Masu su dai ba su biya wa juna albashi ba, sai dai sun raba hannun jari a tsakaninsu. Lokacin da suka sami babban kuɗinsu na farko, sun ƙaura zuwa ginin babban bene na Westwood kuma adadin ma'aikata ya ƙaru zuwa goma sha uku.

Travis ya yi imanin cewa Silicon Valley yana da girma wanda mutane da yawa za su so su ɗauki Uber maimakon tasi mai tsada. Yayi gaskiya, ra'ayin ya makale. Mutane da yawa sun fara aiki tare da aikace-aikacen. Akwai ƙarin motoci da yawa: motoci na yau da kullun da manyan motocin limosins. Tun daga farko, an ɗauka cewa abokin ciniki bai biya direban kai tsaye ba. Adadin da ya kamata ana ci bashi ta atomatik daga katin kiredit na mai amfani da sabis. Direba wanda Uber ta rigaya ta tantance shi kuma yana da binciken asalin laifin aikata laifuka yana samun 80% na sa. Uber yana ɗaukar sauran.

Da farko, sabis ɗin ba koyaushe abin dogaro bane. Misali, app ɗin ya sami damar aika duk motocin da ake da su daga San Francisco zuwa wuri ɗaya.

Kalanick, wanda ya kafa kamfanin kuma ya kafa alkiblarsa, ya zama shugaban Uber a watan Disamba 2010. A watan Afrilun 2012, kamfanin ya gwada a Chicago ikon yin ajiyar motoci da direbobi waɗanda ba sa aiki da shi kuma ba su da lasisin jigilar kaya. Irin waɗannan sabis ɗin sun fi arha fiye da na yau da kullun na jigilar fasinja da ake amfani da su a Chicago. Sabis ɗin yana faɗaɗa zuwa ƙarin biranen Amurka sannan zuwa wasu ƙasashe. A yau, ana iya kiran Uber ɗaya daga cikin masu farawa mafi sauri a tarihi. A cikin 'yan shekaru, darajarta ta kai kusan dalar Amurka biliyan 50. Wasu suna lura cewa wannan babban jarin ya fi na General Motors girma!

Travis da motoci

Da farko, direbobin Uber sun yi amfani da motar Lincoln Town, Caddilac Escalade, BMW 7 Series da Mercedes-Benz S550. An kuma san motocin kamfanin da baƙar fata (), wanda aka sanya wa suna da launi na motocin Uber da ake amfani da su a New York. Bayan 2012 an ƙaddamar da shi UberX app, wanda kuma ya fadada zaɓin zuwa ƙananan motoci masu dacewa da muhalli kamar Toyota Prius. A lokaci guda kuma, an bayyana shirye-shiryen fadada aikace-aikacen direbobin da ba su da lasisin tukin tasi. Ƙananan motoci da ƙananan kuɗin kuɗi sun ba wa kamfanin damar jawo hankalin ƙananan abokan ciniki, ƙara yawan adadin abokan ciniki da kuma ƙara yawan tasirinsa a cikin wannan ɓangaren kasuwa.

A cikin Yuli 2012, kamfanin ya sha iyo a kan London Stock Exchange tare da tawagar kusan casa'in direbobi mota, yafi Mercedes, BMW da Jaguar. A ranar 13 ga Yuli, don girmama watan Ice Cream na kasa, Uber ta ƙaddamar da "Uber Ice Cream," wani ƙari wanda ya ba da damar a yaba da manyan motocin ice cream a cikin birane bakwai, tare da cajin kuɗin a asusun masu amfani da kuma ƙara wani ɓangare na farashin farashi. lokacin amfani da sabis.

A farkon 2015, Kalanick ya sanar da cewa godiya ga dandalinsa, kawai a San Francisco akwai damar samun mutane 7. a New York 14 dubu, a London 10 dubu. kuma a cikin Paris dubu 4. Yanzu kamfanin yana ɗaukar ma'aikata na dindindin 3 dubu tare da abokan haɗin gwiwa. A duk duniya, mutane miliyan sun riga sun yi aiki a matsayin direbobi na Uber. Sabis ɗin yana cikin ƙasashe 58 da fiye da biranen ɗari uku. An kiyasta cewa mutane 200 za su iya amfani da shi akai-akai a Poland. Mutane.

'Yan sanda suna bi, direbobin tasi sun ƙi ku

Fadada Kalanicka da Uber ya haifar da tashin hankali daga direbobin tasi. A cikin ƙasashe da yawa, ana kallon Uber a matsayin rashin adalci ga kamfanonin tasi na gargajiya, wanda ke kawo cikas ga kasuwa ta hanyar rage farashin sabis. Ana kuma zarginsa da cewa ba a tsara shi ta kowace ka'ida ba. Kuma irin waɗannan ayyukan ba su da haɗari ga fasinjojin da aka fallasa su da tuƙi tare da direbobin bazuwar. A Jamus da Spain, an dakatar da sabis ɗin ne sakamakon matsin lamba daga kamfanonin tasi. Brussels ta yanke irin wannan hukunci. A yau wannan ya shafi kasashe da yawa. Yakin da Uber ke yi da kamfanonin tasi da kamfanoni yana rikidewa zuwa tashin hankali a sassa da dama na duniya. Ana iya ganin tashin hankali daga Faransa zuwa Mexico akan labarai. A kasar Sin, wasu kamfanonin tasi mallakin gwamnati ne, lamarin da ya sa 'yan sanda suka bayyana a ofisoshin Uber a Guangzhou, Chengdu da Hong Kong. A Koriya ta Kudu, ana bin Kalanick bisa sammacin kama...

Zanga-zanga a birnin Paris: Direbobin tasi na Faransa sun lalata wata motar Uber

Gunkinmu ba shi da wani kyakkyawan suna ko kaɗan a cikin tsoffin abokan aikinsa. Kafofin watsa labarai ba tare da suna ba suna ba da shawarar cewa yana fama da girman kai kuma yana iya zama mara daɗi a cikin abokan hulɗa na sirri. Har ila yau, ban sha'awa shine tunanin mutane da yawa waɗanda suka yi aiki tare da shi a Red Swoosh. Ɗaya daga cikin wallafe-wallafen ya ruwaito cewa, a lokacin da ma'aikata suke tafiya zuwa Tulum, Mexico, Kalanick ya yi jayayya da wani direban tasi wanda ya yi zargin yana son dukan kungiyar su biya karin kuɗi. Sakamakon haka, Travis ya yi tsalle daga cikin tasi mai motsi. "Mutumin ya sha wahala da direbobin tasi," in ji injiniyan Red Swoosh Tom Jacobs ...

Koyaya, babu wanda ya musanta cewa ya kasance kuma ya kasance fitaccen ɗan kasuwa. Tsohon abokinsa ya ce zai sayar da komai, har da motocin da aka yi amfani da su, domin wannan hali ne kawai na Travis.

Uber yana nufin ƙima

Ko da kuwa ra'ayoyi daban-daban a cikin masana'antar sufuri, masu saka hannun jari suna hauka game da Uber. A tsawon shekaru shida, sun mara masa baya da fiye da dala biliyan hudu. Kamfanin da ke California a halin yanzu yana da darajar sama da dala biliyan 4-40, wanda hakan ya sa ya zama kamfani na biyu mafi girma a duniya (na biyu kawai ga kamfanin wayar salula na China Xiaomi). Kalanick da abokin aikinsa Garrett Camp sun yi jerin sunayen attajirai na Forbes a bara. Sannan an kiyasta kadarorin duka biyun sun kai dala biliyan 50.

Kasancewa mutum mai fa'ida, Kalanick yana ɗaukar manyan ƙalubale. A halin yanzu, ana ci gaba da kokarin mamaye kasuwannin Sin da Indiya. Zai yi wuya a sami wasu tsare-tsare masu kishi, ganin cewa kasashen biyu tare suna da mazauna sama da biliyan 2,5.

Travis yana so ya wuce samfurin Uber na yanzu, wanda ke 'yantar da jigilar fasinja daga umarnin kamfanonin sadarwa, zuwa hada-hadar motoci sannan kuma jiragen ruwa. motocin birni masu cin gashin kansu.

"Na yi imani da gaske Uber babbar fa'ida ce ga al'umma," in ji shi a cikin wata hira. “Wannan ba wai kawai game da arha ba ne kuma tafiye-tafiye mai sauƙi ko wasu ayyuka masu alaƙa. Maganar ita ce, wannan aikin yana taimakawa, alal misali, rage yawan direbobin buguwa. A cikin garuruwan da Uber ya kasance a cikin ɗan lokaci, yawan hadurran da suke haifarwa ya ragu sosai. Masu zuwa party sun fi amfani da Uber fiye da motocinsu. Ƙananan motoci, ƙarancin cunkoson ababen hawa, ƙarancin wuraren ajiye motoci - duk wannan yana sa garin ya zama abokantaka ga 'yan ƙasa. Har ila yau, muna ba wa manyan biranen bayanai game da abubuwan da ke faruwa a yankunan da birnin zai iya sarrafa su sosai, kamar sufurin jama'a."

Duk da girman kamfani na yanzu, Travis ya yi imanin cewa "al'adar farawa ta Uber ta ci gaba har yau, shekaru biyar bayan kafuwarta." Shi da kansa yana cikin mafi girman rayuwarsa. Ya fashe da tunani, da alama yanzu ya fara ba duniya mamaki.