Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi dropped by the Acquired studio for an
Eats delivery, so we broke out the cameras and asked him to hang
out for a wide-ranging conversation. :) We talk about his 20
years working with Barry Diller, starting his career at Allen
& Company, how the Uber CEO search process ACTUALLY went
down… and oh yeah, the massive transformation that’s happened at
Uber over the past few years. When Dara took over the company it
was bleeding huge sums of cash, losing share to competitors and
embroiled in one of the biggest corporate controversies in recent
memory. Fast forward to today and it’s turned cashflow positive
while also having tripled revenue to over $30B (on $120B in GMV)
and solidified its rideshare dominance in the US. And in perhaps
the biggest change, it’s done it all while staying out of the
headlines. Tune in!


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