Uber Technologies, Inc.
Leadership History
2 leaders · 2010 to present
Dara Khosrowshahi is the CEO of Uber, in the role since 2017. The first chief executive was Travis Kalanick, from 2010.
| Name | Role | From | To | Years in role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dara Khosrowshahi | CEO | 2017 | Present | 9 |
| Travis Kalanick | CEO | 2010 | 2017 | 7 |
Uber reported FY2025 revenue of $52.017 billion, net income attributable to Uber of $10.053 billion, and about 34,000 employees at year-end 2025. Dara Khosrowshahi is CEO. The company runs Mobility, Delivery and Freight segments plus advertising and the Uber One membership, and trades on the NYSE under UBER with a market value of roughly $142 billion in late September 2026. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Uber does not own most of the cars, restaurants or trucks on its platform. It matches riders with independent drivers (Mobility), consumers with restaurants, grocers and couriers (Delivery), and shippers with carriers (Freight), and keeps a share of each transaction as revenue. On top of those take rates it sells in-app advertising to merchants and brands and charges for Uber One, a membership bundling ride discounts and delivery-fee waivers. In Q2 2026, Mobility produced about $7.36 billion of revenue and Delivery about $5.25 billion, with Freight making up most of the rest.
CEO
2017 – Present
9 years (current)
Khosrowshahi ruthlessly divested Uber's highly unprofitable autonomous driving unit (ATG) and its flying car division (Elevate) to force the company toward GAAP profitability.
Brought in to rescue the company's deeply damaged reputation, he successfully guided Uber through its massive IPO and the catastrophic demand collapse during the COVID-19 lockdowns.
CEO
2010 – 2017
7 years
Kalanick engineered the brutal, highly aggressive global expansion strategy, actively ignoring local taxi regulations to establish unassailable market share before regulators could react.
As Co-Founder and CEO, he built Uber into the most valuable startup in history but was ousted by the board in 2017 following severe, highly publicized cultural and legal scandals.
Uber's main risks are driver classification, insurance costs, local regulation, competition from Lyft and DoorDash, autonomous disruption, freight cycles, and demand cyclicality.
Uber has had three CEOs: early operations leader Ryan Graves (2010), co-founder Travis Kalanick (2010–2017), and current Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi (August 2017–present).
Kalanick drove legendary global hypergrowth with an aggressive, combative mindset ("principled confrontation"), taking Uber to dozens of countries, launching UberX and Uber Eats, but fostering a toxic, cutthroat corporate culture.
A compounding series of scandals—including systemic workplace harassment uncovered by Susan Fowler, a video of Kalanick arguing with an Uber driver, the "Greyball" regulatory evasion tool, and a lawsuit by Alphabet's Waymo—led key venture investors Benchmark and First Round to force his resignation.
An Iranian-American engineering graduate from Brown University, Khosrowshahi served as CEO of online travel giant Expedia for 12 years (2005–2017), establishing a reputation as a calm, disciplined, and shareholder-friendly operator.
Khosrowshahi replaced Kalanick's controversial cultural values (such as "always be hustlin'" and "toe-stepping") with new norms: "We do the right thing. Period.", "We build globally, we live locally", and "We celebrate differences."
He negotiated a settlement with Waymo (granting Alphabet a $245 million equity stake), settled with London transit authorities (TfL) to retain Uber's operating license, and paid civil penalties to resolve FTC investigations.
He navigated a turbulent 2019 IPO, executed decisive pandemic cost reductions (cutting 25% of corporate staff in May 2020), prioritized Uber Eats food delivery, and divested cash-burning moonshots like flying cars (Elevate) and self-driving trucks.
Khosrowshahi delivered Uber's first full-year GAAP operating profit in FY2023, secured S&P 500 inclusion, initiated Uber's first $7 billion share buyback, and expanded annual free cash flow past $10 billion.
Former Analog Devices CFO Prashanth Mahendra-Rajah joined Uber as Chief Financial Officer in late 2023, partnering with Khosrowshahi to enforce strict capital allocation discipline, cash conversion, and shareholder returns.
Chaired by independent director Ronald Sugar (former CEO of Northrop Grumman), the board includes veteran tech and finance leaders overseeing risk management, executive compensation, and M&A diligence.
Khosrowshahi regularly drives passengers and delivers food via Uber Eats undercover using a second-hand Tesla and electric bicycle, using direct driver feedback to overhaul the Uber Driver app interface and tipping features.
To make Uber the undisputed global operating system for local everyday movement—powering human-driven rides, robotaxis, restaurant delivery, grocery fulfillment, and freight logistics seamlessly across the world.
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