Travis Kalanick co-founded Uber with Garrett Camp in 2009. It was first called UberCab and was renamed Uber in 2010.
At the end of May 2017 his mother died in a boating accident that badly injured his father. On 13 June 2017 he announced an indefinite leave of absence from Uber.
Days later, five major investors, including Benchmark Capital, sent a letter demanding his resignation. The pressure followed allegations that he ignored reports of sexual harassment at the company. He resigned as CEO on 20 June 2017 and left the board on 31 December 2019.
In 2018 his fund invested $150 million in City Storage Systems, which owns the ghost kitchen business CloudKitchens. In March 2026 Kalanick announced that the parent had absorbed CloudKitchens under the name Atoms. Forbes lists his net worth at $3.6 billion.