It has been a whirlwind two weeks at Expedia Inc., the Bellevue, Wash.-based online travel company whose longtime chief executive, Dara Khosrowshahi, was hired away to lead Uber.
It has been a whirlwind two weeks at Expedia Inc., the Bellevue, Wash.-based online travel company whose longtime chief executive, Dara Khosrowshahi, was hired away to lead Uber. But in contrast to the public and messy CEO succession process at the ride-hailing giant, the transition at Expedia has been noticeably smooth, as chairman Barry Diller and the company’s board selected longtime Expedia executive Mark Okerstrom as its new CEO.
Okerstrom, 44, is a native of Coquitlam, B.C., who has been at Expedia for 11 years, most recently as chief financial officer, working about six feet away from Khosrowshahi and helping to lead the company through a series of major acquisitions, including Trivago, Orbitz, and HomeAway. He sat down with GeekWire at Expedia headquarters Monday afternoon for one of his first interviews since taking the CEO job.
Source/More: Interview: New Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom explains what’s next for the travel giant, with a surprise twist – GeekWire
