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Dan Wasiolek
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Expedia’s Dara Khosrowshahi Asked to Travel With Uber; Maintaining Our Standard Stewardship Rating

Bloomberg has reported that existing Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has agreed to head efforts at Uber. If this news is confirmed, we would view it as a loss for the online travel agency, given Khosrowshahi’s 12 years’ experience of running the company, over which time it has accrued a globally network-advantaged platform. That said, we believe Expedia’s remaining executives will allow it to sustain its network effect, given their strategic experience and understanding of the industry. Thus, we s...
Underlying
Expedia Group Inc.

Expedia Group is an online travel company. The company's portfolio of brands includes: Expedia.com?, an online travel brand; Hotels.com?, a global lodging company operating websites with its Hotels.com? Rewards loyalty program; Vrbo?, a global online marketplace with a focus on providing lodging options for families; Egencia?, a corporate travel management company; Hotwire?, an online travel website providing spontaneous travel through its Hot Rate? deals; trivago?, an online hotel metasearch platform; and SilverRail Technologies, Inc., provider of a global rail retail and distribution platform connecting rail carriers and suppliers to both online and offline travel distributors.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Dan Wasiolek

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