13 Facts About Barney Harford

Barney Harford was born in Greenwich, England, and raised in Manchester.

Barney Harford has a sister who is three years younger.

Barney Harford was the regional director in Manchester of the Workers' Educational Association, which provides adult vocational and other courses.

Barney Harford took a year off between high school and college, when he worked for a nuclear power company, using ultrasound to find cracks in power stations and learned the French language and was a ski instructor in the French Alps.

Barney Harford graduated from Clare College, Cambridge with a degree in major in natural sciences.

Barney Harford applied for graduate school after a paragliding accident and then received an MBA from INSEAD, near Paris, in a one-year program.

Barney Harford instead took a job as a business strategy consultant in London.

Barney Harford built Expedia's private-label business, in which Expedia was the platform for other websites.

Barney Harford ran Expedia's telephone sales business and in 2004, he was named president of Expedia Asia Pacific and led the company into Australia, Japan, and China.

In 2017, Barney Harford was named chief operating officer of Uber.

In 2018, Barney Harford commented that two black women in an advertisement looked the same because of their haircuts.

Barney Harford later told colleagues that he regretted his phrasing but was said to have made other similar comments about women and minorities.

Barney Harford is an adventure traveler and enjoys mountaineering and kite surfing in remote locations.