- Uber (UBER) is facing a new scramble as its key target for a new chief financial officer is about to back out, The Wall Street Journal reports.
- The company and VMware (NYSE:VMW) CFO Zane Rowe have reportedly been talking for a month about the role, which has been vacant at Uber since 2015 (and is key to a successful IPO it plans for next year).
- But with Rowe seeming like he'll turn down the job, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi will face new pressure from investors (and the board) to get settled on a new finance chief.
- Former Airbnb CFO Laurence Tosi has also passed on the job, according to the report.