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Uber's executive exodus: The 9 high-ranking execs to leave the troubled company

Uber execs are leaving at a stunning rate.

Travis Kalanick (left) and Anthony Levandowski

As Uber has faced a series of crises, it's been steadily losing top executives.

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Since February, the ride-hailing company has lost its president and its heads of communications, finance, product, and its self-driving car division. In all, nine of its most senior executives have headed out the door — all for different reasons.

As Uber faces challenges on all fronts in 2017, here's who has left the company and who (if anyone) has stepped in to fill their roles:

Jeff Jones, former president of ridesharing

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Departure: March 19

Replacement: None. Uber is searching for a COO instead.

When the company announced Jones' hire in August 2016, Kalanick lauded him for his experience as a Target's chief marketing officer and was excited about what he would bring to the ride-hailing giant.

Rachel Whetstone, former SVP of Global Policy and Communications

Departure: April 11

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Replacement: Jill Hazelbaker

Whetstone joined Uber in 2015 from Google. As soon as she started, she revamped Uber's communications strategy and attempted to rein in Uber's free-wheeling cities, which had caused more than a few PR problems.

But Whetstone quit suddenly in April amid a torrent of negative headlines for the company. "

Gautam Gupta, former Head of Finance

Departure: July (announced onMay 31)

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Replacement: Uber is searching for a CFO with public company experience. Its temporary finance chief is P

Gupta had run Uber's finances since the departure of its last CFO in 2015, but the company never officially gave him the CFO title

Anthony Levandowski, former head of Advanced Technologies Group

Departure: May 30

Replacement: Eric Meyhofer

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Uber fired Levandowski, the former head of its self-driving-car program, over his refusal to cooperate in its legal battle with Waymo. invoked his Fifth Amendment right

Amit Singhal, former SVP of engineering and advisor to Travis Kalanick

Departure: February 27

Replacement: None

Google's former search chief came back out of retirement in January 2017 to join Uber as its new senior vice president of engineering. In the role, Singhal was in charge of overseeing engineering on Uber's marketplace and maps teams — two key departments that touch the core of Uber's business — and advising Uber's CEO, Travis Kalanick. However, Uber asked Singhal to resign a month after he joined the company after published reports disclosed that

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Ed Baker, former VP of Product and Growth

Departure: March 3

Replacement: Daniel Graf, VP of Product

Baker resigned suddenly under mysterious circumstances in March after three years at the company. He had joined Uber from Facebook where he was leading international growth. At Uber, Baker oversaw the engineers, product managers, and marketing teams that were trying to attract both new riders and drivers to the platform.

Brian McClendon, former VP of Maps and Business Platform

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Departure: March 28

Replacement: Manik Gupta

McClendon joined Uber in 2015 from Google, where he was known as the "maps guy," because he had been an early leader in the creation of Google Maps and Google Earth. After initially overseeing Uber's Advanced Technologies Center, McClendon returned to his specialty, becoming the company's VP of Maps and Business Platform.

He left the company to return to his hometown of Lawrence, Kansas to explore politics.

Gary Marcus, former head of Uber AI Labs

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Departure: March 8

Replacement: Zoubin Ghahramani, Uber's Chief Scientist

Sherif Marakby, former VP of Global Vehicle Programs

Departure: April 17

Replacement: None

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Marakby joined Uber in April 2016 and helped launch its self-driving car effort. Although his departure a year later came amid the lawsuit with Waymo over autonomous car technology, Uber says it was unrelated to the legal dispute.

And it's not just the top execs that are leaving. Longtime Uber managers, like Josh Mohrer, who ran its NYC operation, have departed in recent months.

Josh Mohrer left Uber in May after five years at the ride-hailing company. He built Uber's operations in New York City — often in a controversial and contentious way — but was critical to expanding the company's empire.

Raffi Krikoriandeparted Uber in February to move with his family back to California. He joined the company in March 2015 and led its team of more than 50 self-driving car engineers in Pittsburgh as the senior director of engineering for its Advanced Technologies Group.

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Brian Tolkinleft in May after building

Charlie Millerjumped to Uber rival Didi Chuxing in March 2017 to work on the Chinese company's autonomous vehicles. After making a name for himself by hacking a Jeep Cherokee and stopping it remotely, the security engineer was a marquee hire for Uber when he joined the company in 2015.

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