The co-founders of ride-sharing company Lyft are stepping down from their full-time executive roles and will be replaced by a former Amaon executive, the company announced on Monday.
The current CEO and president, Logan Green and John Zimmer, respectively, will transition into non-executive roles as chair and vice-chair of the Lyft board.
David Risher, a former Amazon and Microsoft executive who joined Lyft’s board of directors in July 2021, will take over as CEO from April 17.
Risher co-founded Worldreader, a non-profit organization that has helped over 21 million people read. He was also Amazon’s first head of product and helped lead the company’s growth from $15 million to over $4 billion in sales….