https://finance.yahoo.com/news/new-uber-ceo-dara-khosrowshahi-reveals-3-things-employees-know-192816083.html > “He believed in the mission,” Kalanick explained of Khosrowshahi. “He believed in the great people we have gathered for these game-changing efforts that we call Uber. That’s why we kept getting up, and that’s how we get through the hard part of the journey. It’s how we get to the next one.” > Khosrowshahi, for his part, explained how the Uber CEO role came his way, which began over cocktails with a friend of his, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek. It was Ek who apparently recommended Khosroshahi for the Uber CEO role.