http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2017/08/28/uber-picked-a-ceo-who-has-an-influential-network-of-relatives-across-silicon-valley/

SAN FRANCISCO -- At first blush, the choice of Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi to lead Uber may seem a little odd.

The 48-year-old chief executive, who was born in Iran and moved to the U.S. in 1978 to flee the Iranian Revolution, does not live in Silicon Valley; he lives in Bellevue, Wa., where Expedia is headquartered.