Dara Khosrowshahi

Companies don't like uncertainty; travelers don't like uncertainty.

As companies get bigger, they tend to slow down. It's a universal law.

There's simply no better company out there doing mobile travel apps with the same level of design sensibility and utility as Mobiata.

Anytime you introduce volatility, it is not good for business and not good for travel.

When you see the sacrifices that your parents make for you, you want to do well for them.

I remember my father taking us to meeting with lawyers, interviews with immigration officers, doing everything he could to get us that treasured Green Card - and the happiness, the sense of relief, when he finally did - we knew that we were welcome now, and we would be welcome tomorrow.

A CEO of a multinational global company can't say what to do; you've got to plant the flag.

Uber is a company that is redefining the transportation industry on a global basis; to be part of that story is something that is interesting and would be a real privilege.

You have to empower your employees to make their own choices and trust that they will make the right choices.

Put the right people in the right places, and then you trust them to do the right stuff.

My family had to flee Iran... the revolution, and we were very, very lucky to come to America and have opportunities presented to us. And that's... one of the things that makes America great.

My family emigrated to the U.S. after the Iranian revolution in 1978.