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Dara Khosrowshahi

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I think my background, coming from Iran, which is a great country but is going through its share of troubles, really allows me to appreciate what we have here. - Dara Khosrowshahi
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#Country
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We sure didn't feel like refugees, but in hindsight, I guess we were - my father and mother left everything behind to come here - to be safe and give their boys a chance to rebuild a life. - Dara Khosrowshahi
#Chance
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When we grew up, our family and kind of gaggle of cousins would go to the south of France for the summers. And we just had a grand time. - Dara Khosrowshahi
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You have to empower your employees to make their own choices and trust that they will make the right choices. - Dara Khosrowshahi
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#Right
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#Will
I started in investment banking at Allen & Company in 1991. It was the go-go days of media mergers, and we were incredibly busy with one deal after another. Unlike typical investment banking groups, even in the midst of merger mania, we didn't have a formal face-time culture - and I felt empowered by that. - Dara Khosrowshahi
#Banking
#Busy
#Company
#Culture
#Media
When I was in my 20s, I learned not only how to work hard but about the importance of focus. - Dara Khosrowshahi
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#Work
The American dream is you come here, you believe in democracy, you believe in the Constitution, you work hard, you can make it. - Dara Khosrowshahi
#American Dream
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#Democracy
#Work
It is important to have safe borders, but at the same time, we can't forget what brought us here. This is an immigrant nation. - Dara Khosrowshahi
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#Nation
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#Us
Put the right people in the right places, and then you trust them to do the right stuff. - Dara Khosrowshahi
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As the perception of the United States as a welcoming place for all changes among travelers globally, the country's tourism market, which is a huge revenue generator for the economy, could get hurt. - Dara Khosrowshahi
#Country
#Perception
#Place
#Tourism
Failure can teach you something, and as long as you're moving very, very quickly, you're going to start piling up the wins. Speed gives you the luxury to be able to fail. - Dara Khosrowshahi
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#Long
#Moving
#Speed
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One of the early lessons that I learned in leadership is that it's the leader's job to always go against the flow. - Dara Khosrowshahi
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#Early
#Go
#Job
#Leadership
We don't believe in a world of us versus them; we look at the world as all of us together. - Dara Khosrowshahi
#Believe
#Look
#Together
#Us
#World
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. - Dara Khosrowshahi
#Company
#Privilege
#Real
#Transportation
Desperation sometimes drives innovation. - Dara Khosrowshahi
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I think I wanted to be a doctor. In Iran, the engineering and medical professions are worshipped. My father very much wanted me to be a doctor. I was certainly eager to please as a young man - as a kid, I should say. - Dara Khosrowshahi
#Doctor
#Father
#Man
#Me
#Medical
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