Expedia chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi in April 2015. Dara Khosrowshahi, chief executive of Expedia, would be the company's new leader if he chooses to accept the position, in a surprise ending to a contentious selection process that saw two industry titans beaten out. Meg Whitman, chief executive of Hewlett Packard Enterprises, and Jeff Immelt, the departing chief executive of GE, were considered but ultimately didn't land the job. He's (relatively) young and experiencedAt 48, Khosrowshahi isn't as young as the hoodie-wearing Mark Zuckerberg, who created Facebook when he was 19. To investors skeptical of a company whose reputation has recently been battered, Khosrowshahi could help revamp Uber's image.

Source: Washington Post August 28, 2017 17:41 UTC