# Andre Haddad

> Andre Haddad is the CEO and All Star Host of Turo, the world's largest peer-to-peer car-sharing marketplace. A Lebanese-born, HEC Paris-educated entrepreneur who survived Beirut's civil war, co-founded and sold iBazar to eBay for $140 million, and then spent a decade inside eBay before taking the helm of Turo in 2011. Under his leadership, Turo has grown from a niche car-sharing startup into a global platform operating in the US, UK, Canada, France, and Australia, generating nearly $1 billion in annual revenue and empowering hundreds of thousands of hosts worldwide.

- **Role:** CEO and All Star Host at Turo
- **Organizations:** Turo, iBazar, eBay, Shopping.com, Booz Allen & Hamilton, Procter & Gamble
- **From:** Beirut, Lebanon
- **Nationality:** Lebanese-French-American
- **Education:** Grande Ecole / MBA equivalent, HEC Paris
- **Known for:** Co-founded iBazar, the leading European peer-to-peer auction marketplace, sold to eBay for $140 million in 2001, Built Turo from a niche startup into the world's largest peer-to-peer car-sharing marketplace, Grew Turo to nearly $1 billion in annual revenue (2024) with 60% going directly to car hosts

## Career timeline

- **1972** — Born in Beirut, Lebanon
- **1985** — First job at age 13 working at a local bookstore in his apartment building in Beirut
- **1988** — Worked as a summer radio DJ at RML FM in Beirut; owned an Amstrad PC
- **1989** — A mortar shell destroys his family's apartment; moves to Paris to pursue education
- **Early 1990s** — Attends HEC Paris; lives in poverty in a tiny shared room without a kitchen
- **Early-Mid 1990s** — Consultant at Booz Allen & Hamilton; brand manager at Procter & Gamble in France
- **1996** — Gets early internet access; meets his future husband on a French gay dating site
- **1998** — Discovers eBay; identifies opportunity for European auction marketplace
- **1999** — Co-founds iBazar (Internet Bazaar); raises $15M Series A; bold TV campaign crashes the site on launch
- **2000** — Rejects eBay's $1 billion acquisition offer for iBazar
- **2001** — Sells iBazar to eBay for $140 million after the dot-com bust
- **2001-2011** — Stays at eBay for a decade; roles include GM Europe, VP International Operations, VP User Experience & Design, SVP Product
- **2006** — Welcomes twins (boy and girl) via surrogacy and egg donation
- **2005-2011** — Serves as CEO of Shopping.com (eBay's comparison shopping network, acquired for $600M)
- **2011** — Takes a planned sabbatical from eBay in April; meets Turo founder Shelby Clarke within 3 months
- **2011** — Joins Turo as CEO in September
- **2019** — Turo surpasses 350,000 car listings and 12 million signups; raises over $450M total
- **2022** — Files S-1 for Turo IPO in January
- **2024** — Turo achieves $958 million in annual revenue
- **2025** — Withdraws Turo IPO filing in February; says the process 'had become a distraction'; announces plans to stay private 2-3 more years
- **2025** — Turo celebrates 13 years; Haddad continues as CEO and Chairman

## Achievements

- Co-founded iBazar, the leading European peer-to-peer auction marketplace, sold to eBay for $140 million in 2001
- Built Turo from a niche startup into the world's largest peer-to-peer car-sharing marketplace
- Grew Turo to nearly $1 billion in annual revenue (2024) with 60% going directly to car hosts
- Expanded Turo to 5 countries: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, and Australia
- Led Turo through the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent recovery
- Pioneer in the sharing economy and sustainable transportation
- Served as CEO of Shopping.com, eBay's global comparison shopping network

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Appeared on CNBC to discuss Turo's new long-term rental alternative and consumer shift from ownership to access
- **2025-02** — Turo withdrew its IPO filing; Haddad stated the IPO process 'had become a distraction' and plans to stay private 2-3 more years
- **2025-01** — Responded publicly to New Year's Day attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas where Turo-rented vehicles were used; Haddad expressed outrage at the abuse of the platform
- **2024-06** — Published blog post 'The Tumult and the Triumph' on Medium, reflecting on navigating pandemic challenges
- **2024-01** — Turo celebrates 13 years of operations; revenue reaches $958 million annually

## Links

- Website: https://turo.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrehaddad
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/andre_haddad
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/Turo/

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Last updated: 2026-05-17