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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Adam Gabbatt in New York

HISTORICAL FACTS: Wow uber chief startled by us reporter s expensive three mile ride | History Defined

Uber chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi at a green initiative in London in June.
Uber chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi at a green initiative in London in June. Photograph: Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson/AAP

The chief executive of Uber expressed surprise when an interviewer told him he paid $51.69 for a three-mile ride to the company’s annual product event in New York.

Dara Khosrowshahi, who took over at Uber six years ago and has presided over soaring price increases, was speaking to Wired when he was informed of the cost of the ride.

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