David Risher is the CEO of Lyft. He was named CEO in March 2023, after serving as a member of the Lyft board of directors since 2021. Risher has over three decades of technology and leadership experience across public companies and nonprofits. In 2009, he co-founded Worldreader, a nonprofit that has helped 21 million people read, and served as its CEO until 2023. He still serves on the Worldreader board as founding chair. Prior to Worldreader, Risher served as SVP, U.S. Retail at Amazon, where he helped build the company to $4 billion in sales. Prior to Amazon, he was a general manager at Microsoft. Risher currently serves on the boards of a number of privately-held and non-profit organizations.