The board of directors of taxi-hailing company, Uber, has chosen Expedia’s Dara Khosrowshahi to be its new CEO.
According to Recode and the New York Times, Dara will replace Travis Kalanick who resigned in June this year. His resignation came after the chaos that ensued following Susan Fowler’s blog post accusing the company for failing to adequately address sexual harassment issuses raised by her.
It was revealed that Hewlett Packard Enterprise CEO Meg Whitman and former General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt were also being considered for the job. However both of them tweeted that they were not interested in the job.
https://twitter.com/MegWhitman/status/890754932990763008
I have decided not to pursue a leadership position at Uber. I have immense respect for the company & founders – Travis, Garrett and Ryan.
— Jeff Immelt (@JeffImmelt) August 27, 2017
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.
Uber has not officially announced this appointment; according to Recode, he has not formally accepted the job yet. It’s also not clear when he’ll start once that happens.
