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" When we grew up, our family and kind of gaggle of cousins would go to the south of France for the summers. And we just had a grand time. "

Dara Khosrowshahi

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" When you go to a voice-based interaction, you can't tell people, 'Ask me this question and structure it in this way.' And if they ask a question, and you have a bad answer, first time, maybe they'll be okay with it. Third time, they're going to say, 'This is a complete waste of time. I'm going away.' "

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" I remember my father taking us to meeting with lawyers, interviews with immigration officers, doing everything he could to get us that treasured Green Card - and the happiness, the sense of relief, when he finally did - we knew that we were welcome now, and we would be welcome tomorrow. "

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" Companies don't like uncertainty; travelers don't like uncertainty. "

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" What some Americans don't appreciate is how strong the brand of the American Dream is around the world. I'm an example of how powerful that product is. "

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" It's definitely a problem inside the technology industry - not just gender discrimination. Diversity is an issue within technology, within Expedia. "

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" You have to empower your employees to make their own choices and trust that they will make the right choices. "

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" While Expedia is outbound-focused, Wotif is much more about domestic travel. "

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" I started in investment banking at Allen & Company in 1991. It was the go-go days of media mergers, and we were incredibly busy with one deal after another. Unlike typical investment banking groups, even in the midst of merger mania, we didn't have a formal face-time culture - and I felt empowered by that. "

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" Taking big risks combined with having a team you believe in and that believes just as much in you as a leader make for long-term wins, even in a game of inches. "

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" I think my background, coming from Iran, which is a great country but is going through its share of troubles, really allows me to appreciate what we have here. "

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" Traveloka is the clear online travel leader in Indonesia and is expanding aggressively throughout Southeast Asia. "

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" 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. "

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" If you don't optimize for the consumer on the Internet, you're dead. "

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" The American dream is you come here, you believe in democracy, you believe in the Constitution, you work hard, you can make it. "

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" My family owned a bunch of pharmaceutical manufacturing plants and other consumer-goods manufacturing plants. We would license Western goods and manufacture them in Iran and distribute them throughout the Middle East. "

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

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" As we move over to more of a mobile device-centric world... I think the interaction model with devices is going to be much more voice-based. "

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" We sure didn't feel like refugees, but in hindsight, I guess we were - my father and mother left everything behind to come here - to be safe and give their boys a chance to rebuild a life. "

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" Uber is a company that is redefining the transportation industry on a global basis; to be part of that story is something that is interesting and would be a real privilege. "

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" Any time there's significant change, there's going to be some people who embrace the change and others who are against the change. "

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" It was a choice between a paint factory in Indianapolis - a management training program to maybe run the paint factory one day - or go to New York City and become an investment banker. It wasn't a very difficult decision. "

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" 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. "

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" Desperation sometimes drives innovation. "

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" Anytime you introduce volatility, it is not good for business and not good for travel. "

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