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What’s it like to take over the CEO job from a company founder? Lyft’s David Risher can answer that

(Credit: Courtesy of Lyft)

On this episode of Fortune’s Leadership Next podcast, co-hosts Alan Murray and Michal Lev-Ram sit down with David Risher, CEO of Lyft. They talked about Risher's busy first year with the company, which included an overhaul of how much Lyft drivers get paid and the amount of transparency the company provides about those numbers. The conversation also covered Risher's long-ago decision to leave a job at Microsoft for what was then a relatively small online bookstore called Amazon. Other topics ranged from the economics of the rideshare category to the nonprofit Risher started in Ecuador as well as what it takes to become the CEO at what was a founder-led company.

Fun side note: Risher was the first CEO to bike to Fortune's studio for a Leadership Next interview.

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