DoorDash's Dominance: The Tony Xu Story

How He Created a Multi-Billion Dollar Market Leader

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Tony Xu

Tony Xu DoorDash

DoorDash. It’s a company we’ve all heard of, an industry leader in food delivery with a 65% market share, and is led by an impressive CEO, Tony Xu.

The company did $53.4B in gross order value in 2022, growing 27% year-over-year. This comes a decade after its founding and, to get to this point, Tony and his team have had to overcome a number of complex challenges.

Tony, who co-founded the company in 2013 with Stanley Tang, Andy Fang, and Evan Moore, has been described by a number of investors as being one of the most impressive founders they’ve ever worked with.

He not only has the ability to set the big vision, recruit, and lead an amazing team, but he understands the intricacies of his business as well:

After spending 20+ hours researching Tony, including looking back at all 2,406 of his tweets, it’s also clear just how well-read he is and how he continually puts in the work to improve.

There’s a lot to learn from Tony, his journey, and his approach to leading one of the world’s leading companies.

Let’s get to it.

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