Dara Khosrowshahi

Dara Khosrowshahi
Born	Dara Khosrowshahi 1970 Tehran, Iran
Residence	Seattle, WA, U.S.
Nationality	Iranian American
Alma mater	Brown University
Occupation	President and CEO, Expedia, Inc.
Salary	$ 4.95 million (2011)[1]
Relatives	Hassan Khosrowshahi
Website
expediainc.com/management.cfm

Dara Khosrowshahi (born in Tehran^[2]) is an Iranian American businessman and the CEO of Expedia, Inc..

Khosrowshahi received a B.S. in Bioelectrical Engineering from Brown University in 1991.^[3]

Dara Khosrowshahi has served as CEO of Expedia, Inc., the world's largest online travel company, 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, Inc. operates over 70 Hotels.com hotel booking sites worldwide and 20 full service Expedia-branded booking sites worldwide.

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 comprise 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. Prior, 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 served as Vice President at Allen & Company.

References

1. ^ #300 Dara Khosrowshahi - Forbes.com
2. ^ Spinoff of Expedia Comes at Tough Time for Its Sector - New York Times
3. ^ Dara Khosrowshahi: Executive Profile & Biography - BusinessWeek

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Name	Khosrowshahi, Dara
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Date of birth	1970
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
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