Chelsea Clinton and Other Expedia Directors Stir Shareholder Dissension

Expedia Group board members Chelsea Clinton and Craig Jacobson drew more withheld votes than votes in their favor when they were reelected as directors.

A third board member, Uber boss Dara Khosrowshahi, who's a former Expedia Group CEO, generated a lot of withheld votes, as well, at the company's June 16 annual meeting. Expedia reported the results Wednesday. Beverly Anderson, president of global consumer solutions at Equifax, also was subject to a large number of votes withheld.

So in sum, four of the 11 directors elected to the Expedia Group board attracted a large number of withheld votes. Three of them — all but Khosrowshahi — were on the board's compensation committee although Anderson took a position on the committee only in the second half of 2021.

Khosrowshahi's Uber has announced its intent to get more deeply involved in travel.

The following were the vote tallies for the quartet:

Expedia Directors With Large Numbers of Withheld Votes DirectorVotes ForVotes WithheldNon-VotesChelsea Clinton88,100,16889