Travis Kalanick won’t be back as CEO: Uber board member

Travis Kalanick will not be Uber’s CEO again, a key board member at the company said. In an email memo sent this week to Uber employees that leaked to Recode and Quartz , Garrett Camp, who co-founded and is a director of the appbased taxi company, said Kalanick will not return as CEO. Camp’s statement came as part of an update on Uber’s CEO search.

"Despite rumours I’m sure you’ve seen in the news, Travis is not returning as CEO," Camp said in the memo. "We are committed to hiring a new world-class CEO to lead Uber." Camp’s statement was reinforced by a tweet from Benchmark Capital on Monday. A major investor in Uber, Benchmark tweeted that it remains committed to the company – and to finding a new CEO.

Camp’s memo and Benchmark’s statement follow a report from The Information that Kalanick, who is still an Uber board member even after stepping down as CEO, has been asking Uber employees if they would support him if he tried to regain control of the company.

Meanwhile, Recode’s Kara Swisher reported last week that Kalanick had told some that he intends to return to the CEO role, just like Steve Jobs did at Apple back in the 1990s.

Kalanick resigned as Uber’s CEO in June after a group of investors demanded that he step down. The move followed an internal investigation that revealed dozens of cases of sexual harrassment, discrimination and other workplace problems at the company.