Had it not been documented at every turn, it would have been hard to believe that the company had risen to prominence. A toxic boys club workplace culture where just about any avenue to get ahead, including actively deceiving cops, was the norm. Some of those things have changed since then.
The company under Kalanick was not short on depravity. That is the sort of thing that makes for good TV.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Kalanick in Super Pumped, a movie based on a book by a New York Times reporter. The trailer teases an unusual appearance for Uma Thurman as Arianna Huffington, and Kyle Chandler seems poised to play the foil as venture capitalist Bill Gurley.
The anthology series will premiere on February 27th and will cover a different business leader each season. There is no indication of which companies will be featured after this dramatization, but there is no shortage of cruel, cutthroat CEOs in the world.
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