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Uber’s Profit, Power and Problems with CEO Dara K

2023/10/30
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Kara Swisher interviews Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi about the company's profitability, pricing model, and the treatment of drivers.

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Uber: hard to live with it, or without it. In this episode Kara grills CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on the company’s sky-high prices, high take rate, treatment of drivers/couriers, policies around safety and why oh why he is kind to his predecessor, Travis Kalanick. 

Before and after the interview, Kara and Nayeema make sense of the power and problems of Uber, and discuss Lesbians Who Tech (a conference — not in general). 

Note: Khosrowshahi discusses a 15% “take rate” in the United States, exclusive of commercial insurance expenses. Globally, the company reported a 29.3% “take rate” in Q2 of 2023) inclusive of these costs. 

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