This document provides a summary of Dara Khosrowshahi, the CEO of Expedia, Inc. It states that he was born in Tehran, Iran and is now an American businessman leading Expedia, which operates many online travel booking sites. Under his leadership, Expedia has grown to become one of the largest online travel companies worldwide. The document provides details of Khosrowshahi's career path and leadership roles at companies like IAC Travel, USA Networks Interactive, and Allen & Company prior to becoming CEO of Expedia in 2005. It notes the expansion and growth of Expedia's brands under his direction.
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Dara Khosrowshahi
CEO of Expedia, Inc.
Dara Khosrowshahi born in Tehran, Iran, is an Iranian
American businessman and the CEO of Expedia, Inc., which
operates more than 150 travel booking sites in more than 70
countries worldwide across its portfolio of online travel brands
including Expedia, Hotels.com, Orbitz Worldwide, Hotwire,
Travelocity, Egencia, HomeAway, Inc., Venere, trivago and Wotif
Group. Under his leadership, Expedia, Inc. has grown to become one
of the largest online travel companies in the world. Furthermore, he
has served as a member of the Fanatics.com board of directors since
November 2013 and in May 2015 he was elected to the board of
directors of the New York Times Company. . Khosrowshahi received a B.A. in electrical engineering
from Brown University in 1991.
Career
Dara Khosrowshahi has served as CEO of Expedia, Inc., since August 2005. Under his leadership,
Expedia has extended its global presence to more than 60 countries worldwide through the
Expedia, Hotels.com, and Hotwire online booking brands, and the travel community sites
of TripAdvisor Media Network. Expedia operates over 70 Hotels.com booking sites and 20 full-
service Expedia-branded booking sites.
Previously, Khosrowshahi served as CEO of IAC Travel, a division of InterActiveCorp. Khosrowshahi
was instrumental in the initial expansion of IAC's portfolio of travel brands, which now comprises
Expedia, Inc. He served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of IAC, overseeing all
of the company's financial matters, and also held the role of executive vice president of operations and
strategic planning at the company. Previously, Khosrowshahi served as president of USA Networks
Interactive, having joined the company in 1998 as vice president of strategic planning. Prior to joining
IAC, Khosrowshahi worked at Allen & Company from 1991 to 1998, and as its vice president from
1995 to 1998.
In February 2015, the New York Times Company announced Khosrowshahi as one of two new
nominees for its board of directors. He will formally stand for election at the annual meeting of
stockholders on May 6, 2015. Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., the publisher of the New York Times and
chairman of The New York Times Company praised Khosrowshahi's "comprehensive digital and
international experience, as well as significant financial expertise".
Recognition
In June 2013 Ernst & Young recognized Dara Khosrowshahi as a Pacific Northwest
Entrepreneur of the Year award recipient. He is among the U.S. State Department's "List of
Prominent Iranian Americans"