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Dara Khosrowshahi

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The profile

Uber's CEO through the pandemic; Uber's drivers were independent contractors eligible for PPP sole-proprietor loans and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.

Identity & role

Dara Khosrowshahi has been CEO of Uber Technologies since 2017. He ran Uber through the pandemic's collapse in ridesharing, the Uber Eats delivery boom, the acquisition of Postmates, and the gig-worker classification fights.

Career

Uber's leadership page identifies him as CEO since 2017, formerly CEO of Expedia, running a business across more than 70 countries; Uber's 2019 IPO is covered in the Uber profile.

Pandemic-relief / PPP connection

Uber did not take a PPP loan. Its documented connections to the relief programs: Uber's drivers and couriers are independent contractors — precisely the self-employed/sole-proprietor population the CARES Act made eligible for PPP loans (as Schedule-C filers) and for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). At the program's outset Khosrowshahi urged the federal government, in a March 23, 2020 letter to President Trump, to extend relief to independent workers without reclassifying them as employees (Axios and CFO.com). Uber then helped fund California's Proposition 22 campaign to preserve the contractor model (see the Uber profile) and joined industry lobbying on worker-classification legislation (The Intercept). And it acquired Postmates in a deal announced July 6, 2020 and completed December 1, 2020 (Uber releases).

On June 16, 2020, Kabbage, which reported more than 130,000 SBA-approved loans for $3.8 billion at a $29,000 average, launched a prepopulated PPP application built for Uber's drivers and delivery people (Kabbage release). Uber's Cammie Jenson and Kabbage CEO Rob Frohwein were quoted in the release.

Government support / loans

No Uber corporate PPP loan or PPP-fraud finding was identified.

The litigation around Uber in this period concerned worker classification (AB5/Prop 22), not relief fraud.

Where they are now (2025–2026)

CEO of Uber Technologies, as named in the company's quarterly report filed with the SEC on August 5, 2026.

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