Dara Khosrowshahi’s net worth as Uber CEO amid RTO drama

Uber's CEO has faced pushback from employees for rolling back their work-from-home benefits. Here's what he's worth & how much more he makes than the median Uber employee.

May 18, 2025 - 15:44

Dara Khosrowshahi’s net worth as Uber CEO amid RTO drama

Dara Khosrowshahi, the CEO of Uber since 2017, has been making headlines recently for a high-profile tug-of-war with the rideshare company’s employees over the future of remote work at the company.

In late April, the millionaire exec increased Uber’s in-office requirement from two days a week to three and raised the requisite for its one-month paid sabbatical benefit from five years’ tenure to eight.

These changes sparked fierce pushback from the company’s employees, especially in its internal forum and during an all-hands meeting hosted by Khosrowshahi. During the meeting, rather than fielding questions and concerns raised by disgruntled employees, Khosrowshahi responded, “it is what it is,” saying that while he understands the changes are unpopular, instituting the new mandate was a “risk we decided to take.”

Uber’s new remote work mandate and updated sabbatical requirement take effect in June. Since the controversy, employees and the public have chimed in with their own takes on Uber’s new policy and the general return-to-office push that has slowly overwhelmed the tech industry since around 2022.

Amid increasing workplace tensions and the growing wealth gap between employees and executives, many are wondering what Khosrowshahi is worth, how much he makes as CEO, and how his compensation compares with that of average Uber employees.

Here’s what you need to know.

Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber CEO since 2017, has been in a highly publicized conflict with Uber employees since rolling back work-from-home allowances and upping sabbatical requirements.
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What is Dara Khosrowshahi’s net worth in 2025?

Estimates of Dara Khosrowshahi’s net worth vary considerably, but virtually all sources seem to agree that the Uber CEO is worth well over $100 million, with one source estimating his wealth as high as $449 million as of mid-February 2025.

Gurufocus’ live net worth estimation feature pegged Khosrowshahi’s wealth at $147 million as of mid-May 2025, based on his stock holdings in Uber, Expedia, TripAdvisor, and Match. His true net worth is likely higher, as this estimate does not account for real estate, cash, or holdings in other securities.

Quiver Quantitative and CelebrityNetWorth both estimate Khosrowshahi’s wealth at around $250 million, possibly accounting for the CEO’s non-stock assets.

How much does Dara Khosrowshahi make as Uber CEO? Salary, bonuses & awards

Khosrowshahi received $39.4 million in total compensation in 2024, the bulk of which came in the form of stock and option awards rather than cash. His base salary — $1 million — accounted for only around 2.5% of the total, while his cash bonus — around $2.9 million — accounted for about 7.3%.

Here’s a detailed breakdown:

Salary: $1,000,000
Bonus: $2,878,200
Stock awards: $26,654,091
Option awards: $7,902,378
Other compensation: $973,960

Khosrowshahi’s 2024 compensation represented a significant jump from the previous year. In 2023, he earned a total of around $24.25 million.

How does Khosrowshahi’s pay compare to that of his employees?

Uber employees’ compensation varies considerably depending on the job, with customer service positions paying significantly less than engineering roles.

Here are some examples of common positions at the company, along with their average salaries (according to data from Indeed) and comparisons to Khosrowshahi’s $39.4 million compensation package.

Almost every employee role at Uber pulls an average salary more than 99% lower than its CEO's 2024 compensation total of $39.4 million.
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Uber jobs & how their salaries compare to Khosrowshahi’s compensation

Indeed
Job	Average salary	Compared to CEO compensation
Front desk agent	$33,676	99.92% lower
Call center rep	$34,351	99.91% lower
Customer service rep	$40,269	99.90% lower
Customer success manager	$61,741	99.84% lower
Associate product manager	$115,656	99.71% lower
Software engineer	$154,840	99.61% lower
Senior product manager	$189,759	99.52% lower
Senior engineering manager	$235,406	99.4% lower

With virtually all jobs at Uber paying over than 99% less than its CEO makes, it’s easy to see why employees might take issue with their in-office requirements being increased.

Since many Uber offices are in large cities, the need to commute from surrounding areas can easily add one to two hours of what (from an employee’s perspective) equates to unpaid work time to each day they are required to work in the office. Gas and vehicle wear further erode earnings.

To an executive like Khosrowshahi, who rakes in tens of millions annually, the cost of gas and lost time might seem like a drop in the bucket.

To the average Uber employee, who might be grappling with a tight budget, a large family, and a busy schedule, a change as simple as one extra mandatory day in the office per week can take a big bite out of time earnings that were already slated for necessary tasks and expenses.

How did Dara Khosrowshahi make his money? His career explained

While Khosrowshahi did, at least initially, come from a wealthy family, his own fortune is entirely self-built.

Khosrowshahi’s early life

Born in Iran in 1969, Khosrowshahi spent his early childhood in a mansion afforded by the spoils of the Alborz Investment Company, which his family had founded. In the late 70s, however, the Iranian revolution was brewing, and his mother decided that, for their own safety, they had to leave their mansion (and their wealth) behind.

The family fled, first to France with the hope of eventually returning, and later to New York as it became clear this wouldn’t be possible. The family’s company was nationalized during the revolution, and as they struggled to build a new life in the States, they did so as working-class people.

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Khosrowshahi’s early career

Khosrowshahi completed high school in the late 80s, before attending Brown University, where he graduated in 1991 with a degree in electrical engineering. The same year, he started his career, landing a job as an analyst at an investment bank called Allen & Company.

While working there, he met billionaire media exec Barry Diller during a presentation. Khosrowshahi was struck by Diller’s presence and acumen, and in the late 90s, he left Allen & Co. to work at Diller’s companies — first at USA Networks and then IAC, a media-focused holding company.

Expedia and Uber

IAC acquired travel agency Expedia in 2001, and just a few years later, Khosrowshahi became its CEO. It was here that he first began to build serious wealth. 1

0 years into his tenure with Expedia, Khosrowshahi was awarded a reported $90 million in stock options in exchange for agreeing to stay with the company through 2020, although this didn’t end up happening.

In 2017, Khosrowshahi left Expedia to become Uber’s second CEO, reportedly forfeiting over $184 million worth of unvested options. The decision wasn’t as difficult as it sounds, however, as Uber compensated him with more than $200 million to cover this loss.

At the time, Uber’s public reputation was suffering, and one of Khosrowshahi’s priorities was to rebuild its image. He pushed the company toward a more customer-centric strategy, a move that paid off after Uber’s 2019 IPO. The stock was initially listed at $45 per share, and while its value fell during its first day of trading, shares trade at over $90 as of this article's last update.

As Uber’s stock price rose, so did Khosrowshahi’s pay. In 2022, his total compensation rose 22% to $24.3 million. According to AFL-CEO, Uber’s CEO-to-media-worker-pay ratio reached 292 in 2023, meaning that Khosrowshahi made almost 300 times as much as the median-paid worker at the company that year.

In 2024, Khosrowshahi's compensation reached $39.4 million.