优步新掌门：希望18-36个月内IPO
优步(Uber)新任首席执行官达拉•霍斯劳沙希(Dara Khosrowshahi)周三在与员工的第一次会议上提出了一个大胆展望，他表示希望在18至36个月内进行首次公开发行(IPO)，并将努力遏制优步在美国市场份额的损失。
Mr Khosrowshahi, who was appointed as Uber’s head on Tuesday and who will take up the post next week, also promised to turn round Uber’s culture, which has been plagued by allegations of sexism and harassment.
霍斯劳沙希同时承诺要转变优步的文化，其企业文化一直受性别歧视和骚扰指控的困扰。霍斯劳沙希于周二被任命为优步掌门人，他将于下周接任这一职位。
“This company has to change,” Mr Khosrowshahi told Uber staff. “What got us here is not what’s going to get us to the next level.” 霍斯劳沙希向优步员工表示：“这家公司必须改变。让我们走到这里的文化，不会让我们升上新一级。”
In his remarks, he said Uber needed to focus on “paying the bills” — getting its business into shape, stemming its heavy losses and regaining the market share it has lost to US rival Lyft — and also on taking “the big shots”, a reference to the company’s higher-risk projects such as flying cars.
他在发言中表示优步需要致力于“还账”，让业务成型，遏制重大损失，并夺回输给美国竞争对手Lyft的市场份额，同时还要拿下“大项目”,指该公司的“飞的”等高风险项目。
Mr Khosrowshahi’s comments at Uber’s headquarters in San Francisco mark the end of a tumultuous search process for a new chief executive for the troubled transportation company, after former chief Travis Kalanick was ousted two months ago.
霍斯劳沙希在优步旧金山总部的发言标志着这家陷入困境的运输公司终于结束了混乱的寻找新任首席执行官的过程，两个月前前任首席执行官特拉维斯•卡兰尼克(Travis Kalanick)被免职。
However, Mr Khosrowshahi did not address the question of what role Mr Kalanick would play in the company. Mr Kalanick, who also addressed staff, expressed his support for his successor and said he would do his bidding.
不过霍斯劳沙希并没有回答关于卡兰尼克将在公司中扮演什么角色的问题。卡兰尼克也对员工发表讲话，表达了自己对这位继任者的支持，并表示他会听从对方的命令。
While launching an IPO has been a priority for some Uber shareholders, founder Mr Kalanick was opposed to the idea, commenting in 2016 that he wanted the ride-hailing company to go public “as late as humanly possible”.
虽然启动IPO一直是部分优步股东的优先事项，但创始人卡兰尼克反对这一想法，他曾在2016年表示他希望这家叫车公司的上市“在人力所能的情况下尽可能迟一些”。
Iranian-born Mr Khosrowshahi, 48, formerly chief executive at travel group Expedia, is charged with changing a culture at Uber that has been blamed for a string of sexual harassment scandals.
出生于伊朗的霍斯劳沙希今年48岁，是旅行集团Expedia的前首席执行官，他将负责改变优步的文化，其企业文化因一系列性骚扰丑闻而遭诟病。
In addition, Mr Khosrowshahi finds himself lonely in the C-suite — the roles of chief financial officer and chief operating officer are currently vacant, as is general counsel. He also said he planned to bring in an independent board chairman.
此外，霍斯劳沙希将发现自己在主管层形单影只，目前首席财务官、首席运营官以及总顾问的职位都是空缺的。他还表示计划引进独立董事长。
Expedia announced on Wednesday that Mr Khasrowshahi would remain on the company’s board, and would be succeeded as chief executive and president by Mark Okerstrom, previously Expedia’s chief financial officer.
Expedia周三宣布霍斯劳沙希将继续担任公司董事会成员，前首席财务官马克•奥克斯托姆(Mark Okerstrom)将接替他担任首席执行官和总裁。
