Founder Profile
Logan Green
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Logan Green?
Logan Green is a founder of Lyft, Inc., which was founded in 2012 with John Zimmer.
- Company founded
- Lyft, Inc.
- Founded
- 2012
- Co-founders
- John Zimmer
Background
Green studied at UC Santa Barbara. A 2005 trip to Zimbabwe, where he saw shared minibus taxis, inspired the Zimride name and the carpooling idea behind Lyft.
Founding Story
Logan Green co-founded Zimride in 2007 and Lyft in 2012 with John Zimmer, and served as Lyft's CEO from its founding until David Risher took over in April 2023. A longtime public-transit advocate, he created a car-sharing program as a student at UC Santa Barbara and sat on the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District board. He led Lyft through its 2019 Nasdaq IPO.
Green was born in 1983 or 1984. He served as chairman as well as chief executive of Lyft.