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13 Jun 2023 Acquired Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi

“When you look at the pandemic, and everyone's looking for all these long-term changes, and everything reverts to norm, I think that was the wisdom at the time.”

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13 Jun 2023
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Acquired

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…No changes to deal at all? No changes to the deal. It's like, we're going to do this. But Barry, his passion is travel. I think he was right, which is, just when you're in the center of the storm, it looks like, oh, my God, life is going to be over, but things revert to normal. When you look at the pandemic, and everyone's looking for all these long-term changes, and everything reverts to norm, I think that was the wisdom at the time. Although you're in the middle of craziness, it sure doesn't feel calm. But after that, we said we're in. It got Rich's stability that he wanted. In hindsight, it was a genius decision. Did you ever think you would then live through another moment like that over the last couple of years?…

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