‘This is very transformative for the business’: Lyft’s head of growth on taking a big step into London’s black cab sector

In a little over 12 months, Lyft has gone from a company that operated almost exclusively in the United States and Canada to one with a meaningful claim to be a global mobility player.

The latest step came Wednesday when the San Francisco company confirmed it had agreed to acquire Gett’s U.K. business—Gett is one of London’s leading black cab apps— in a deal that will position Lyft as the dominant app for the city’s iconic cabs and cap its third major international acquisition in under a year.