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Lyft Receives the HRC Coporate Equality Award
John Zimmer is the co-founder and President of Lyft. His interest in transportation began in college where he learned that cars remain parked 96% of the time and when used, only 20% of seats are occupied. After graduating first in his class from Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration, John spent two years at Lehman Brothers. In 2008, he left Lehman to rideshare his way from New York to San Francisco and join co-founder Logan Green in launching Zimride, and eventually Lyft. With Lyft, John’s goal is to improve people’s lives by creating transportation and cities that are more affordable, sustainable, and community oriented. The company was launched in 2012 and today employs nearly 2,000 people, including a world-class executive team from companies suchas Facebook, Google, Apple, Amazon, and Walmart. Lyft is currently available to 94% of the US population and provides over one million rides a day.Lyft will receive the HRC Corporate Equality Award for their exceptional commitment to equality for the LGBTQ community. Lyft has been a trailblazing corporate ally to the LGBTQ community, both with its inclusive internal policies for employees and its outspoken executives who have made clear that the company strongly supports pro-equality legislation and policies across the country.
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