Dara Khosrowshahi

Put the right people in the right places, and then you trust them to do the right stuff.

We found that travel, especially online travel, has been quite resistant to economic cycles.

I think I wanted to be a doctor. In Iran, the engineering and medical professions are worshipped. My father very much wanted me to be a doctor. I was certainly eager to please as a young man - as a kid, I should say.

There's simply no better company out there doing mobile travel apps with the same level of design sensibility and utility as Mobiata.

My father had to go back to Iran to take care of his father when I was 13 and was detained for six years before returning. My mom was raising three kids without a dad.

When you let travelers vote with their clicks, and you put that at the center of your decision-making, you build the product they want, and ultimately, their business will follow.