How Lyft’s David Risher seized his ‘wet cement’ moment

How Lyft’s David Risher seized his ‘wet cement’ moment

The Signal Interview David Risher had been on Lyft’s board for two years when he was asked on Valentine’s Day 2023 if he would apply to be the rideshare company’s CEO. Risher, an early Amazon executive who was running his own nonprofit, discussed the idea with his wife and then wrote out his pitch for the job. It was titled: .Defining what leadership meant for the No. 2 in the US ridesharing market was not obvious, however. Uber, its category-de…