# Source: https://businessownerindex.com/company-reference/lyft-q17077936/

U.S. founder reference library

# Lyft

American transportation network company

## Company context

The public record describes Lyft as American transportation network company. Its recorded founding year is 2013.

Public business description

American transportation network company

Country in source record

United States

Founding year in source record

2013

## Recorded founders

- [Logan Green](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/logan-green-q16731590/) · American businessman
- [John Zimmer](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/john-zimmer-q6265329/) · American businessman

The linked people are recorded under the company’s founder property in the cited dataset. This is a founding association, rather than a verification of current equity or management responsibility.

## Understanding Lyft in context

Lyft is included because its public company record connects a named business to an identifiable founding team. The business description, “American transportation network company,” supplies the context for that relationship, with a recorded starting year of 2013. The source links 2 people in this library to the founding team. Each has a separate profile, which makes it possible to follow the people behind the business without treating one founder as its sole owner.

The [company website listed in the source](https://www.lyft.com/) is the next place to research its current offering. Compare the company’s own description, its leadership information, and dated announcements with this reference record before drawing conclusions about today’s business. A founding year describes a historical event; it does not measure business scale, growth, or the length of a founder’s continuing involvement.

## Research context: Service businesses

For a service business, the useful research question is what the organization delivers and to whom. An agency, consulting firm, staffing provider, or logistics company may work under project, recurring, or transaction arrangements. A short directory description does not establish the firm’s present specialties, customer relationships, or capacity.

### Questions for researching Lyft

- Which current service pages define the work a customer can actually purchase?
- Does the company history connect the founding team to the same organization named in the reference record?
- Which public case studies or announcements help explain the business without assuming private client or revenue information?

This sector context is a reading guide based on the company’s recorded description. It does not attribute a particular business model or capability to Lyft without supporting evidence.

This reference library documents public founding associations. It is separate from our revenue-qualified growth profiles. Founding does not establish current ownership, employment, company revenue, or an AE client relationship.

## Research trail

- [Wikidata public record Q17077936](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17077936): company description, country, founding year where present, and founder associations.
- [Lyft website as listed in the public record](https://www.lyft.com/)

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