Uber’s C.E.O. Pick, Dara Khosrowshahi, Steps Into Brighter Spotlight<br />“He’s a global travel executive — he understands competitive dynamics, geopolitical challenges,<br />and the operating challenges of running a sprawling global travel company,” said Brad Gerstner, founder of Altimeter Capital, an investor in Uber as well as Expedia.<br />“If Dara does leave us, it will be to my great regret<br />but also my blessing — he’s devoted 12 great years to building this company and if this is what he wants for his next adventure it will be with my best wishes,” Mr. Diller said in a note to Expedia employees on Monday.<br />You made the top 100!” But his father pointed out: “#39 is good but you were #11 in 2015.”<br />His parents, Lili and Gary (short for Asghar) Khosrowshahi, were prosperous members of the Iranian elite in the 1960s and 1970s.<br />At the same time in June that Mr. Kalanick was noisily being ejected from his company, Mr. Khosrowshahi had a problem of his own — his parents.<br />Mr. Khosrowshahi, in addition to running Expedia since 2005, joined the board of Company in 2015.
