Uber picks Expedia head Dara Khosrowshahi as its new CEO
Uber’s board of directors has picked Dara Khosrowshahi to be the company’s next CEO, according to Recode and the New York Times, filling the spot that was vacated by Travis Kalanick back in June. Khosrowshahi comes from Expedia where he has been CEO since 2005. The board voted throughout the weekend, and was choosing between Khosrowshahi and Hewlett Packard Enterprise CEO Meg Whitman.
The choice ends nearly two months of constant speculation, as well as reported meddling by Kalanick, who still maintains a seat on Uber’s board.
Whitman was thought to be the frontrunner over the weekend, and even reportedly made a presentation on Saturday, even though she had tweeted back in July that she was “not going anywhere” with respect to HPE. “So…
