I dont consider myself a journalist. And nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . David you have been the ceo of uber for how long now . Dara two years. David two years . And you enjoy it . Dara i love it. David when you came in, the company was not a public company. You have taken it public. And you have received a lot of publicity about the ipo. Obviously you know that. The company now has a higher market capitalization, roughly 72 billion. Something like that. Higher market capitalization than any company in american capitalism history, except for facebook, this short a time after its ipo. Why are so many people criticizing you for having a 72 billion market cap . Dara [laughter] i think there are many critics out there, especially for a large company. That is a fact of life. I think what the diff
David i dont consider myself a journalist, and nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . David you have been the ceo of uber for how long now . Dara two years. David two years . And you enjoy it . Dara i love it. David when you came in, the company was not a public company. You have taken it public, and you have received a lot of publicity about the ipo. Obviously you know that. The company now has a higher market capitalization, roughly 72 billion. Something like that. Higher market capitalization than any company in american capitalism history, except for facebook, this short a time after its ipo. Why are so many people criticizing you for having a 72 billion market cap . Dara [laughter] i think there are many critics out there, especially for a large company. That is a fact of life. I think what is
David i dont consider myself a journalist, and nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . David you have been the ceo of uber for how long now . Dara two years. David two years . And you enjoy it . Dara i love it. David when you came in, the company was not a public company. You have taken it public, and you have received a lot of publicity about the ipo. Obviously you know that. The company now has a higher market capitalization, roughly 72 billion. Something like that. Higher market capitalization than any company in american capitalism history, except for facebook, this short a time after its ipo. Why are so many people criticizing you for having a 72 billion market cap . Dara [laughter] i think there are many critics out there, especially for a large company. That is a fact of life. I think what is
Vid i dont consider myself a journalist. Ofegin to take on the life an interviewer, even though i have a day job running a private equity firm. What is it that makes somebody tick . You have been the ceo of hoover for how long now . Two years. I love it. David the company was not a public company. You have taken it public. You received a lot of public via about the ipo. The company has a higher market capitalization, roughly 72 billion. Then any company in american capitalism history except for facebook, this short a time after the ipo. Why are so many people criticizing you for having a 72 billion market cap . Many i think there are critics for a large company. That is a fact of life. What is different about some of the companies of our generation going public, unicorns, we have stayed private for longer. We have raised more money over a longer time. We havecome public, bigger scale than companies that went public, the last generation of companies. My view is, we wanted to go public.
North korea despite the latest missile tests, three, in fact. There is a lot ahead to kick off the trading week. I want to start with one story that may not be on everybodys radar, but certainly in california. As we speak may be holding a meeting where they determine afterll be the next Ceo Travis Kalanick was ousted. Overesting developments the weekend. The former ge ceo took him out of the running to lead uber. , i haved, in fact decided not to pursue a leadership position at uber. I have immense respect for the company and founders. Not sure what happened there, but there was speculation that jeff did not like the chemistry of the board. Took herselfwho out of the running, she seems to be back in the running and may be voted in as the next ceo of this company. With all the diversity problems we have in hearing, having a woman lead uber is not the worst thing for the board. It could be a boost to the image of uber after the tumultuous time we have seen. Saying ieen on twitter am not