lyft inc is bringing in a new chief executive and removing its cofounders from running the ridehailing company on a daytoday basis sending shares more than 3 higher in afterhours trading monday lyft lyft announced after markets closed monday that board member david risher will take over as ceo replacing cofounder logan green green and lyft’s other active cofounder john zimmer who had been serving as president will remain on the company’s board as chair and vice chair respectively but not actively participate in running the company “i’m honored and humbled that logan john and the board have trusted me to lead lyft” risher said in a letter to employees “and i’ll start by saying this i want lyft to lead and i’m thrilled to lead lyft” risher worked at microsoft corp msft in the 1990s before becoming employee no 37 at amazoncom inc amzn  according to lyft’s announcement which noted that he received a permanent thank you on the amazon website from founder and former chief executive jeff bezos upon his departure in 2002 for the past 13 years he has been in charge of a nonprofit focused on childhood literacy called worldreader “across all three organizations i learned of the power of leading with purpose” he wrote to employees “each organization derived tremendous energy through a singleness of purpose it’s what attracted and retained great people allowed us to make focused decisions and inspired our customers” in an interview with the wall street journal risher who has been on lyft’s board since 2021 admitted that lyft faces competitive issues seemingly referencing uber technologies inc uber  he mentioned “a very aggressive very aggressive competitor” while adding “i think being a strong no 2 is a good place to be” lyft shares lost more than a third of their value in a single session in february after green and zimmer provided a forecast that missed expectations in what one analyst called “a debacle for the ages” monday’s announcement reiterated lyft’s firstquarter guidance and said lyft expects to report quarterly results in early may da davidson analyst tom white told marketwatch on monday afternoon that the change at the top could be “a potential model positive” “a new leader with broader range of experiences could signal increased willingness to broaden lyft’s strategic aperture a bit as it relates to other possible adjacent products delivery partners or ways to create value” he wrote in an email green and zimmer began developing the company nearly 15 years ago and launched the service in 2012 according to their separate letters to employees they have jointly led the company since including through a 2019 initial public offering that gave them special shares with stronger voting power from 2019 5 things to know about the lyft ipo “to say i have loved leading lyft is an understatement” green wrote in his letter to employees “to say that i will miss working alongside you and this incredible team every day doesn’t even come close this was an adventure of a lifetime and i’ve loved every minute of it the sweetness of the highs and the pain of the lows that make you appreciate the next win that much more i’m eternally grateful to this team” lyft shares sold for 72 in its ipo and closed monday at 960 before moving closer to 10 in the extended session lyft stock has plummeted nearly 75 in the past 12 months dropping 744 as the sp 500 index spx has declined 126