GE’s former chief Jeff Immelt has decided not to pursue Uber’s top spot despite reports that he was in the lead, leaving two candidates for the role: Meg Whitman, the chief executive of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and another finalist, whose identity is unknown. According to Recode, the board will make a vote on the new CEO today. Travis Kalanick may be limited to a “founder” role, though he’ll still be tapped for expertise and vision.



…some members of the board have been trying to formulate an offer to Hewlett Packard Enterprise CEO Meg Whitman, also 61, that would turn her very public declarations about not wanting the top Uber job into a “Yes.” Benchmark had pushed Whitman early in the process and she had been very interested in the job, said many sources. But after news of that interest became public and more infighting broke out on the board, she publicly pulled out of contention via a tweet.

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