Uber's New C.E.O is Expedia's President, Dara Khosrowshahi

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Uber has finally decide to make Expedia's President and CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi its new CEO according to The New York Times. Mr Khosrowshahi will replace Former CEO and Co founder, Travis Kalanick who resigned back in June this year.

Mr. Kalanick's resignation came after the chaos that ensued following Susan Fowler’s blog post accusing the company for failing to adequately address sexual harassment issues raised by her.

It was also stated in the report that former General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Chief, Meg Whitman were candidates considered for the job but they both made their intentions clear in a tweet as to not being interested in the job.

According to Recode, Uber has not made an official announcement on the appointment yet because Mr Dara Khosrowshahi has not formally accepted the job offer.

About Dara Khosrowshahi

Dara Khosrowshahi is an Iranian-American businessman and has been the CEO of Expedia, Inc since 2005. Before joining Expedia, Khosrowshahi served as the CEO of IAC Travel. Khosrowshahi worked at Allen & Company from 1991 to 1998, and as its vice president from 1995 to 1998. He is also a board director for BET.com, Hotels.com and several other companies. Source

About Uber

Uber is evolving the way the world moves. By seamlessly connecting riders to drivers through our apps, they make cities more accessible, opening up more possibilities for riders and more business for drivers. From their founding in 2009 to their launches in over 400+ cities today, Uber's rapidly expanding global presence continues to bring people and their cities closer. Source 

About Expedia, Inc.

Expedia, Inc. is an American travel company that owns and operates several international global online travel brands, primarily travel fare aggregator websites and travel metasearch engines including Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, trivago, Venere.com, Travelocity, Orbitz, and HomeAway. The company operates about 200 travel booking websites in about 75 countries, and has listings for about 350,000 hotels and 500 airlines. Source

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