Mr Khosrowshahi has not publicly confirmed whether he will accept the job. The Expedia chief was one of three finalists for the role, along with Meg Whitman of Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Jeff Immelt of General Electric. Several Uber shareholders contacted by the Financial Times said they were happy with the board’s choice of Mr Khosrowshahi and relieved that the search was finally over. Born in Tehran, Mr Khosrowshahi studied engineering at Brown University. He cut his teeth in banking, and then worked for Barry Diller at IAC, which bought Expedia and then appointed Mr Khosrowshahi chief executive./Financial Times