Management Team

Mr. Risher has served as our Chief Executive Officer since April 2023 and as a member of our board of directors since July 2021. Mr. Risher co-founded Worldreader, a non-profit organization, and has served as its Chief Executive Officer since November 2009 and as Board President since March 2010. Prior to Worldreader, Mr. Risher served as Senior Vice President, US Retail at Amazon.com, Inc., an e-commerce company. Prior to joining Amazon, he served as a General Manager at Microsoft Corporation, a software company. Mr. Risher currently serves on the boards of directors of a number of privately-held and non-profit companies. Mr. Risher holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature from Princeton University, an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and an honorary Ph.D. from Wilson College.

Mr. Zimmer is a co-founder of Lyft and has served as our President since March 2013, our Vice Chair since January 2019, and as a member of our board of directors since June 2010, and previously served as our Chief Operating Officer from July 2008 until March 2013. In March 2023, Mr. Zimmer announced that he would be transitioning from the role of President in June 2023, but he will continue to serve on the Board and as Vice Chair. Prior to co-founding Lyft, Mr. Zimmer served as an analyst in real estate finance at Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., which was a global financial services firm. Mr. Zimmer holds a B.S. in Hotel Administration from Cornell University.

Ms. Paul has served as our Chief Financial Officer since January 2022. From July 2019 to December 2021, Ms. Paul served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance at Amazon Studios, a division of Amazon.com, Inc., an e‐commerce company. Prior to Amazon Studios, Ms. Paul served as Chief Financial Officer at Hulu, LLC, a streaming service company, from November 2013 to July 2019. She served in various senior positions, including as Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Business Development and Technology at The Walt Disney Company, a global entertainment company, from 1994 to 2013. Ms. Paul holds a B.A. with Distinction in Economics and History from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Raj has served as our Executive Vice President, Head of Rideshare since November 2022. He previously served as our Head of Rideshare from August 2021 to November 2022 and interim Head of Rideshare from March 2021 to August 2021, and from May 2017 to March 2021, he served in various roles including as our Vice President, Payments and Customer Platform. In March 2023, Mr. Raj announced that he would be stepping down as Executive Vice President, Head of Rideshare in May 2023. From September 2014 to April 2017, Mr. Raj served as the Director, Amazon Payments North America at Amazon.com, Inc., an e-commerce company. From October 2002 to August 2014, Mr. Raj worked at Visa Inc., a global payments technology company, in various roles including as Vice President, Global Innovation and Strategic Partnerships and Vice President, Global Mobile Products. Mr. Raj holds a B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Anna University, an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Health Science Center, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Ms. Sverchek has served as our President of Business Affairs since November 2021. She previously served as our General Counsel from November 2012 to October 2021 and as our Secretary from October 2015 to October 2021. From January 2009 to November 2012, Ms. Sverchek served as an Associate and then Partner at Silicon Legal Strategy, P.C., a law firm. From September 2007 to December 2008, Ms. Sverchek served as an Associate at Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP, a law firm. Ms. Sverchek holds a B.A. in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley and a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of Law.