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David Bonderman Resigns From Uber Board After Sexist Remark | David Bonderman Resigns From Uber Board After Sexist Remark |
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SAN FRANCISCO — David Bonderman, an Uber board member and partner at private equity firm TPG, is resigning from the board of the ride-hailing company after he made a disparaging remark about women at an Uber meeting on Tuesday. | |
At an Uber staff meeting earlier in the day, Arianna Huffington, another Uber board member, said one woman on a board often leads to more women joining a board. Mr. Bonderman responded “that it’s much more likely to be more talking.” | |
Attendees were aghast at the exchange, and Mr. Bonderman later apologized. | |
“I appreciate David doing the right thing for Uber at this time of critical cultural changes at the company,” Ms. Huffington said in a statement. | “I appreciate David doing the right thing for Uber at this time of critical cultural changes at the company,” Ms. Huffington said in a statement. |
In a statement, Mr. Bonderman said his comment “came across in a way that was the opposite of what I intended, but I understand the destructive effect it had, and I take full responsibility for that.” | |
Mr. Bonderman joined Uber’s board because TPG is an investor in the ride-hailing company. For the past few months, Mr. Bonderman has been working on Uber’s culture after the company was rocked by scandals over claims of sexual harassment and other misbehavior | |
“I do not want my comments to create distraction as Uber works to build a culture of which we can be proud,” Mr. Bonderman said in his statement. “I need to hold myself to the same standards that we’re asking Uber to adopt. Therefore, I have decided to resign from Uber’s board of directors, effective tomorrow morning.” |