Khosrowshahi
Proper noun
Meaning
Khosrowshahi
A surname from Persian.
Examples
“2019 was a transformational year for Uber and I’m gratified by our progress, steadily delivering against the commitments we’ve made to our shareholders on our path to profitability,” said Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO, in a statement.
Dara Khosrowshahi is CEO of Uber, a company that's become a household name for transportation.
Past speakers have included T-Mobile CEO John Legere, Juno Therapeutics CEO Hans Bishop, then-DARPA director Arati Prabhakar, former WIRED editor Chris Anderson, Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and many more.
“India remains an exceptionally important market to Uber and we will continue to invest in growing our local Rides business,” said Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber's chief executive officer.
In November 2019, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced that the ride hailing company would turn a profit in 2021 on so-called ‘adjusted earnings’ (meaning those before interest tax, depreciation and amoritisation).
On the investor call, Khosrowshahi referred to the deal as one example of the company’s “strategic discipline.”