{"id":43028,"date":"2017-08-28T07:34:06","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T07:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=43028"},"modified":"2017-08-28T07:34:06","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T07:34:06","slug":"whitman-steps-down-from-hp-board-amid-uber-ceo-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/whitman-steps-down-from-hp-board-amid-uber-ceo-rumors.html","title":{"rendered":"Whitman steps down from HP board amid Uber CEO rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Whitman steps down from HP board amid Uber CEO rumors<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Whitman steps down from HP board amid Uber CEO rumors:- Meg Whitman stepped down as chairman of HP&#8217;s board on Wednesday, further separating it from Hewlett Packard Enterprise, which she heads, and sparking speculation about her future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Whitman served as chairman of HP since the PC-and-printer company split from HPE, which sells servers and storage gear, in 2015. She was immediately replaced by Chip Bergh, CEO of Levi Strauss &amp; Co. since September 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The change re-ignited rumors Whitman, the former CEO of eBay and onetime Republican nominee for California governor, may be in line for Uber&#8217;s open CEO job.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Whitman reportedly is one of a handful of finalists for the job, according to published reports. The ride-hailing service ousted founder Travis Kalanick last month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Uber declined comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">HP had no comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Whitman, who has overseen a massive restructuring at the Silicon Valley tech giant the past few years, told USA TODAY that HPE is poised to enter a growth phase over the next several quarters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cMeg was instrumental in the formation of HP and in helping us to navigate early life as a separate company, bringing essential experience and continuity of leadership to our entire team,\u201d HP CEO Dion Weisler said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Added Whitman, in a separate statement, \u201cHP has now been a standalone company for almost two years and I\u2019m proud to have helped get the company off to a great start.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/tech\/2017\/07\/27\/whitman-steps-down-hp-board-amid-mounting-uber-ceo-rumors\/514830001\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/whitman-steps-down-from-hp-board-amid-uber-ceo-rumors.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whitman steps down from HP board amid Uber CEO rumors Whitman steps down from HP board amid Uber CEO rumors:- Meg Whitman stepped down as chairman of HP&#8217;s board on Wednesday, further separating it from Hewlett Packard Enterprise, which she heads, and sparking speculation about her future. 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