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Bill Gurley Is Leaving Uber’s Board

(www.nytimes.com)
198 points 101carl | 1 comments | 22 Jun 17 00:23 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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neil1 ◴[22 Jun 17 01:37 UTC] No.14609512[source]▶
I wonder if Travis resigning was contingent on Bill Gurley leaving the board. As Bill seems to be the main anti-Travis actor on the board.
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andybg ◴[22 Jun 17 03:56 UTC] No.14610029[source]▶
It's unclear if Gurley actually wants to leave the board. Part of me thinks that he knows something really bad is coming down the pipes (e.g. potential criminal liability re: Otto, etc) and he wants to distance himself now. It's half a conspiracy theory, but makes you think ...
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1. wsc981 ◴[22 Jun 17 05:48 UTC] No.14610329[source]▶
This was the same thing that popped my mind when I read this news.

Also: if he leaves before something really bad happens to the company, he might claim he left because the unethical behaviour of the company didn't align with his ideals, perhaps not hurting his future prospects at the boards of other companies.