# Professor Arun Sundararajan comments on Uber's search for a new CEO

1 Faculty News August 21, 2017 ![The Washington Post logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031074.jpg?itok=f6OME_Rm)>

Excerpt from [The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/08/21/can-ges-former-chief-executive-turn-uber-around/?utm_term=.5fb10a5c88a5) -- "'In many ways they are better suited choosing an executive that is not drafted from the Silicon Valley, social media software world, but someone who has experience dealing with a global business that is diversified,' [Sundararajan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan) said."

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