Uber Has Finally Hired A CFO After Three Years Of Searching
After three years of searching, Uber has finally replaced CFO Gautam Gupta who left the company back in 2015—Nelson Chai, a former Merrill Lynch CFO, will take the reins of the finance department. Nelson Chai, born 1965 is an American investment banker and financial executive. He formerly served as the chief financial officer of American financial services company Merrill Lynch & Co.; NYSE Euronext, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange; and Archipelago Holdings, the first fully electronic stock exchange in the United States.—and briefly as Bank of America"s president for the Asia-Pacific region. He is the former president of CIT Group and reported directly to then CEO John Thain. “I"m incredibly excited to bring on someone as experienced and thoughtful as Nelson,” remarked Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi in a statement provided to CNBC . “He will be a great partner for me and the entire management team as we move towards becoming a public compan...