Lyft CEO David Risher unpacks his playbook with Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi for turning the rideshare giant around, from ending traditional surge pricing and mandating a return-to-office, to building a hybrid future of human drivers and Waymo robotaxis.<br>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lyft CEO on surge pricing, robotaxis, and Bezos

Power Players with Brian Sozzi

There's more than Uber in the ride-hailing industry. You know Lyft. You probably just took a Lyft. Well, I'm here to tell you this company is reinventing themselves. I would keep an eye on what they're doing in Nashville with Waymo and driverless cars. It's going to be big. I talked to David Risher, the CEO of the company, all about it, especially ahead of the World Cup when everybody's going to be using ride-hailing, and I'm going to try to hit this shot right now, and I failed miserably, but that's part of the fun of making these intros. Take a listen.

All right, joining me now for a new episode of Power Players with Brian Sozzi is Lyft CEO Michel Doukeris. David, good to see you in person for a change. I appreciate it. For sure. It's nice to be here. You biked here, dude. That's crazy. I did. But to be clear, I didn't bike from San Francisco. Are you sure? You would, though. You would bike from San Francisco. I mean, years ago, I did a cross-country bike trip. It was one of the most amazing things of my life, but that was a million years. Wait, was that pre-Lyft? It was way pre-Lyft, dude. That was when I was in my 20s. Before business school, a friend of mine and I decided,

you know what? Let's bike from Oregon to Boston. And we did it. It was awesome. But anyway. Hold on. Different era. You can't just say it. How long did that take? 58 days. 58 days? 58 days. The most mind-blowing thing about it when I look back at it is actually not just the physics of it.

Lyft CEO on surge pricing, robotaxis, and Bezos

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Lyft CEO on surge pricing, robotaxis, and Bezos

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.