Lyft

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”.^[1] According to the company, their service allows its clients to travel by Lyft at a cost 30% lower than using traditional taxis.

Lyft, Inc.

Company type	Public
Traded as	NASDAQ: LYFT (Class A)
Industry	Vehicle for hire
Founded	June 9, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-06-09) (as Zimride)
Founders	Logan Green John Zimmer
Headquarters	San Francisco, California , U.S.
Area served	United States, Canada
Key people	Logan Green, CEO John Zimmer, President Brian Roberts, CFO
Revenue	700,000,000 United States dollar
Owner	Rakuten (11%)
Number of employees	5,683 (2020)
Subsidiaries	Motivate
Website	lyft.com

The service operates in 644 cities in the United States and 12 cities in Canada.^[2]

Lyft started in the summer of 2012.

References

1. "Lyft Hits The East Coast With A Launch In Boston, Its First Big Post-Funding Expansion City". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-01-25.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. "Take a ride with Lyft in your city | Cities | Lyft". web.archive.org. 2019-11-19. Archived from the original on 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2021-01-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)