His ride-sharing plan was hindered by procurement of driver resources, while simultaneously, a new company named Ubercab, later shortened to Uber, snagged the market.

UberCab was founded in 2009 and Kalanick joined Camp shortly afterwards. Kalanick became CEO of this company in 2010. During Kalanick’s tenure as CEO, Uber became the brand most people associate with ...

The company was formerly known as Ubercab, Inc. and changed its name to Uber Technologies, Inc. in February 2011. Uber Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, ...