Uber’s SVP of strategy says the new CEO should have these three things

Uber’s new senior vice president of leadership and strategy, speaking at a Recode live event this evening in Silicon Valley, has a clear message for whoever the incoming CEO of Uber might be: understand what you’re getting into.

Frances Frei, in an interview with Recode’s Kara Swisher, said there are three key things any incoming chief executive has to know or understand before taking on the role at the challenged company.

One, she said, is “reverence” for the international nature of its business. “Silicon Valley is its own thing. And then there’s the U.S. And then there’s everywhere else,” Frei said. She also said the new chief executive would have to understand that Uber is both a tech company and an operations company — not an...

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