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Mar 29, 2023 · David Risher was raised in the state of Maryland and studied literature at Princeton, before heading off to fellow Ivy League school Harvard to obtain his MBA. In the early 1990s he joined Microsoft as a General Manager and grew Microsoft Access from its infancy to the point of it being a market leader, before leading the development of the company’s earliest web properties.
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 from November 2009 until April 2023 and as Board President since March 2010.
Apr 21, 2023 · When David Risher joined the board of Lyft in 2021, he didn’t expect to be tapped to run the company a year and a half later. But consultants and the board’s search committee decided that the ...
May 29, 2024 · 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 ...
Mar 29, 2023 · David Risher is next in line for the position of Lyft CEO and will take up the position when Green resigns on April 17. Zimmer will leave his position on June 30 this year, and both will transition to non-executive roles on the company’s board of directors, Green as chair and Zimmer as vice-chair.
David Risher is President and Co-Founder of Worldreader, which aims to create a future where everyone can be a reader. Using low-cost technology, such as e-readers and mobile phones, a personalized digital library, and a worldwide network of corporate and non-profit partners, Worldreader helps millions of people reach their potential. David holds a degree in Comparative Literature, Princeton University, an MBA, Harvard University and a PhD, Wilson College. Before Worldreader, David was the ...
Jul 6, 2024 · David Risher is remembered as a trusting person with a love of fishing. He was “a friend to everyone he encountered,” said his sister, Brenda Lee Johnson. Risher, 58, of New Kensington was ...
