8 Insights Into Uber CEO Pick Dara Khosrowshahi From Peers and Rivals
Photo Credit: Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi speaking with Skift Executive Editor Dennis Schaal at the 2016 Skift Global Forum. Skift
Skift Take
With a two-decade track record in online travel, Khosrowshahi has had his duck-and-cover as well as been-on-a-mountaintop moments. If Uber's looking for a steady hand, and a guy with experience who isn't afraid to take a U-turn when called for, then they could have done a helluva lot worse.
From shining moments to times when he was a hard-ass, who is Dara Khosrowshahi, the current Expedia Inc. CEO and Uber's pick to take the helm at the ride-sharing company?
What makes him tick business-wise?
In 2016, we interviewed Khosrowshahi, and many of his peers and competitors for Skift's Definitive Oral History of Online Travel.
We bring you eight oral history anecdotes ranging from him modestly admitting his short-comings to pioneering moments and being a tough-as-nails business person. The anecdotes cover a lot of deals, and character-defining episodes, many of which have relevance for the tasks ahead at Uber.
A philosophy of Being Unafraid to be Different
Khosrowshahi has worked alongside Expedia-controlling shareholder Barry Diller since 1998, and they've been together through times when the online travel company has struggled and excelled. There have also been around a couple of dozen deals they've done together along the way.
Khosrowshahi: "I think Barry [Dil
