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

On with Kara Swisher

New York Magazine

News Commentary, News, Society & Culture

4.2 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:04.0	Hi everyone from New York Magazine in the Box Media Podcast Network. This is on with Cara Swisher and I'm Cara Swisher.
1:22.0	And I'm Neymaraza. Our guest today is Uper CEO Dara Kosershahi.
1:27.0	It's an interview you did live on stage at the Lesbians Who Tech Conference.
1:31.0	Explain who are the Lesbians and what do they tech care about?
1:34.0	They tech everything. It's actually a very big conference. I just got back from San Francisco this morning.
1:38.0	This conference was going on, I think it's 10 years. And I did a bunch of interviews.
1:42.0	I didn't interview with the original cast of the L word which of course you might imagine this group really liked.
1:47.0	And I always bring in a tech person every year. And over the years Cheryl Sandberg's gone.
1:52.0	Lorraine Powell Jobs, Mark Benioff. And it fills the Castro Theatre, which is an enormous old theatre.
1:59.0	Not many of those exist anymore. And so most people really want to go. Most of these leaders.
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