Mark MacGann, the former high-ranking Uber executive who served as the company's public face in Europe during a tumultuous period of expansion, revealed himself Monday as the whistleblower behind blockbuster revelations into the ride-hailing company's inner workings.
A longtime European lobbyist, MacGann interacted with top global business and government leaders during his tenure with the company between 2014 and 2016 but also came face to face with the violent protests over Uber's disruptive practices.
He said he left the company having concluded that Uber's culture left him powerless to question or change its ways, and fearing that the rancorous backlash against the company put his family's safety at risk.
MacGann leaked more than 124,000 company documents to the Guardian, which shared the materials with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, a group that helped lead the project, and dozens of other news organizations, including The Washington Post. The Uber files, which date to between 2013 and 2017, reveal the ride-hailing company's aggressive entrance into cities around the world -- while frequently challenging the reach of existing laws and regulations.
MacGann, 52, came forward in a video interview with the Guardian published Monday. As the chief lobbyist tasked with pushing Uber's European expansion, MacGann said he bears some responsibility for company actions he now condemns -- including the way it wooed governments and the public with rosy...
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