Lyft CEO: we’re setting a multi-sensor safety standard for autonomous rides

David Risher is the Chief Executive Officer of Lyft, having been named to the role in March 2023, after serving as a member of the Lyft board of directors since 2021. Risher has over three decades of technology and leadership experience across public companies and nonprofits. In 2009, he co-founded Worldreader, a nonprofit that has helped 21 million people build a love of reading, and served as its CEO until 2023. He continues to serve as Founding Chair. Earlier in his career, Risher served as SVP, U.S. Retail at Amazon, where he helped grow the company to $4 billion in sales. Before that, he was a General Manager at Microsoft.