Why Travis Kalanick is on a mission to smash the taxi cartel

Travis Kalanick is determined to spread taxi-app Uber around the world. And he's not afraid of upsetting people along the way.

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Travis Kalanick is evangelical about Uber

In 2009, when Travis Kalanick and his friend Garrett Camp came up with the idea of "pushing a button to get a ride" (reportedly on a snowy night in Paris when they couldn't find a taxi), his dream was to make enough cash to live like "ballers", or high-rolling sportsmen, says the Financial Times.

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