Dara Khosrowshahi (Uber CEO) Age, Net Worth, Family, Biography, Facts & More
Some Lesser Known Facts About Dara Khosrowshahi
- Does Dara Khosrowshahi smoke?: Not Known
- Does Dara Khosrowshahi drink alcohol?: Yes
- His father founded the Alborz Investment Company, which involved in chemicals, pharmaceuticals, distribution, food, packaging, trading, and services.
- Khosrowshahi is also related to Hassan Khosrowshahi (a Canadian billionaire).
- In 1978, just prior to the Iranian Revolution, his family immigrated to the United States; as their company was seized and nationalized by the new government.
- He was just 9-years-old when he arrived in the US as an Iranian refugee.
- Khosrowshahi and his family moved in one of his uncles’ house in Tarrytown, New York.
- When he was 13, his father returned to Iran to take care of his own father, however, he couldn’t leave Iran for the next 6 years as the Iranian government had detained him.
- He grew up in Tarrytown New York along with his 2 brothers under the parentship of his mother.
- Although Khosrowshahi is now a US citizen; his last name is pronounced “Cause-Row-Sha-hee.”
- On 12-12-12 (December 12, 2012), he married Sydney Shapiro. The couple calls themselves “sci-fi geeks.” Their wedding was held in Las Vegas, and his wife was wearing a T-shirt from heavy metal band Slayer.
- His career started in the year 1991 when he joined the investment bank Allen & Company.
- In 1998, he left Allen & Company and started working for one of his former clients, Barry Diller, first as an executive at Diller’s USA Networks and later as CFO of IAC, another Diller company.
- In 2001, IAC purchased Expedia, and in August 2005, he was promoted to Expedia’s CEO.
- Just before Diller and Khosrowshahi led the acquisition of Expedia, the 9/11 attacks occurred. However, the deal didn’t fall through.
- During his tenure as CEO at Expedia Inc., the company expanded to over 60 different countries.
- In 2013, Ernst & Young awarded him the Pacific Northwest Entrepreneur of the Year award.
- Khosrowshahi also features among the U.S. State Department’s List of Prominent Iranian-Americans.
- In 2015, he became the highest paid CEO in America, with a whopping salary of $94.6 million.
- He has joined a growing list of CEOs who have spoken out against the Trump administration.