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The Uber IPO

Acquired

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Uber CEO Dara Kaz-Rachahi

Dara Kaz-Rachahi had been the CEO of Expedia since 2005. He is a super outspoken critic of Trump and the immigration policies that he was putting in place obviously because of his family history. The board tasked him with basically three things to come in and do three easy tasks one fix the culture at uber two stem the losses that we've been suffering in these wars all around the world and focus on core markets  three take the company public and get this done. Dara's story like we said was incredible he grew up it was born initially in Iran but then did banking after school at Allen and company where his brother also works as an MD.

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