Tech: HPE CEO Meg Whitman just publicly took herself out of the running to be Uber's new boss (HPE)

Scratch one name off the list for Uber's CEO search.

Meg Whitman, the CEO of HPE who has been reported to be among the final candidates in the running to lead Uber, said on Thursday that she is not planning to change jobs.

"I am not going anywhere," Whitman tweeted, noting that the "speculation of my future has become a distraction" in a series of tweets late Thursday.

"Uber's CEO will not be Meg Whitman," she said.

The comments come as Uber narrows down the list of finalists to take the reins of the ride-hailing company, which has been without a CEO since cofounder Travis Kalanick resigned in June after a series of controversies.

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