The CEO of an Arizona company is no longer at the helm after using a racial slur during a disagreement with an Uber driver
The incident unfolded after Hans Berglund, then-CEO of Tempe fertilizer company Agroplasma, insisted on sitting in the front seat next to the driver when he was picked up January 31 at a Scottsdale home.Randy Clarke, an Arizona State University student who's been an Uber driver for four years, asks Berglund instead to sit in the back, video Clarke provided to CNN shows.
" But the exchange stayed on Clarke's mind, and he decided on Sunday to try to find out more about the rider. "This man probably does something big in society and employs people of color," Clarke recalled thinking."There's just no way somebody with a business should be acting that way."He confirmed Berglund's identity and sent the video to local news media, which reported the story.
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