David Bonderman, a partner at private equity firm TPG, is resigning from the board of Uber after he made a disparaging remark about women at an Uber meeting.<\/b>
\nSAN FRANCISCO \u2014 David Bonderman, an Uber board member and partner at private equity firm TPG, is resigning from the board of the ride-hailing company after he made a disparaging remark about women at an Uber meeting on Tuesday.
At an Uber staff meeting earlier in the day, Arianna Huffington, another Uber board member, said one woman on a board often leads to more women joining a board. Mr. Bonderman responded \u201cthat it\u2019s much more likely to be more talking.\u201d
Attendees were aghast at the exchange, and Mr. Bonderman later apologized.
\u201cI appreciate David doing the right thing for Uber at this time of critical cultural changes at the company, \u201d Ms. Huffington said in a statement.
In a statement, Mr. Bonderman said his comment \u201ccame across in a way that was the opposite of what I intended, but I understand the destructive effect it had, and I take full responsibility for that.\u201d
Mr. Bonderman joined Uber\u2019s board because TPG is an investor in the ride-hailing company. For the past few months, Mr. Bonderman has been working on Uber\u2019s culture after the company was rocked by scandals over claims of sexual harassment and other misbehavior
\u201cI do not want my comments to create distraction as Uber works to build a culture of which we can be proud, \u201d Mr. Bonderman said in his statement. \u201cI need to hold myself to the same standards that we\u2019 re asking Uber to adopt. Therefore, I have decided to resign from Uber\u2019s board of directors, effective tomorrow morning.\u201d<\/p>\n

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