Lyft facts for kids
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| Public | |
| Traded as | NASDAQ: LYFT (Class A) |
| Industry | Vehicle for hire |
| Founded | June 9, 2012 (as Zimride) |
| Founders | Logan Green John Zimmer |
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U.S.
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Area served
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United States, Canada |
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Key people
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Logan Green, CEO John Zimmer, President Brian Roberts, CFO |
| Owner | Rakuten (11%) |
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Number of employees
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5,683 (2020) |
| Subsidiaries | Motivate |
Lyft is a taxi service which is publicly traded and based in San Francisco, California, USA. Lyft allows users to find, through a website or mobile app, drivers who are partnering with the service and are ready to give them a ride for a reasonable fee. Lyft's motto is “your friend with a car”. According to the company, their service allows its clients to travel by Lyft at a cost 30% lower than using traditional taxis.
The service operates in 644 cities in the United States and 12 cities in Canada.
Lyft started in the summer of 2012.
Images for kids
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Lyft's distinctive pink mustache was the first branding the company used until 2015 when it switched to a smaller, glowing magenta mustache that sits on a driver's dashboard.
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A Lyft vehicle in Santa Monica, California, with the original grill-stache branding, since retired
See also
In Spanish: Lyft para niños
