New Uber chief must fix toxic culture and unite fractured board
New York, (KNA) – Iranian citizen Dara Khosrowshahi was appointed by the US Uber teechnologoes Inc. as its new Chief Executive Officer (C.E.O), it was announced on Monday.
Uber Technologies Inc. is an American technology company headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States, operating in 633 cities worldwide. It develops markets and operates the Uber car transportation and food delivery mobile apps. Uber drivers use their own cars, although drivers can rent a car to drive with Uber.
According to US media, prior to his appointment as the Uber CEO, Khosrowshahi, 48, servedd as the leader of the online travel company Expedia for 12 years.
'Uber chose Dara Khosrowshahi, who leads the online travel company Expedia, to be its chief executive on Sunday, two people with knowledge of the decision said. The selection capped a contentious search process as the ride-hailing company seeks to move past a turbulent period,' New York Times reported.
However, another US media, the Business Insider, said that Uber has not yet publicly announced the news - suggesting that it might be because 'apparently Khosrowshahi hasn't officially accepted the offer'.
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."This is a company that has had to become very comfortable in failure," he said in an interview with the Financial Times late last year, referring to Expedia. "If you don't change as an executive in an industry that is moving as fast as ours, you're dead; you're out."Those lessons will be relevant at Uber, where the need for a turnround will be at the top of the agenda after crises including sexual harassment scandals and a lawsuit over self-driving technology from Waymo, Alphabet's autonomous vehicles unit.
The Iranian nationals work in many key positions in the US in various economic, scientific and cultural posts.
Khosrowshahi is among the US State Department's 'List of Prominent Iranian Americans'.
Source : IRNA