David Litman was born in New York in 1957. He lived in the UK from 1967-1975. He attended Sussex House School

Sussex House School

Founded in 1952, Sussex House School is a preparatory school situated in the heart of Chelsea in a Norman Shaw house in Cadogan Square. A Gymnasium and Music School are housed in a converted chapel in Cadogan Street. The school is an independent charitable trust.There is a full-time teaching staff...

 from 1968-1971 and City of London School

City of London School

The City of London School is a boys' independent day school on the banks of the River Thames in the City of London, England. It is the brother school of the City of London School for Girls and the co-educational City of London Freemen's School...

 from 1971-1975. He is a graduate of Cornell University

Cornell University

Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

 (1979) and Cornell Law School

Cornell Law School

Cornell Law School, located in Ithaca, New York, is a graduate school of Cornell University and one of the five Ivy League law schools. The school confers three law degrees...

 (1982).

David Litman, along with Bob Diener, founded Hotels.com

Hotels.com

Hotels.com is an operating company of Expedia, Inc. that provides reservation services for hotel rooms and other places to stay.The company was founded in Dallas, TX in 1991 as Hotel Reservations Network by Dave Litman and Bob Diener as a toll-free telephone service, offering consumers a one-stop...

 in 1991. He was voted as the best performing lodging industry CEO of 2002. Litman served as CEO until the end of 2003.

In 2009 Litman and Bob Diener launched getaroom.com, a hotel booking site. Litman currently co-chairs the Texas Business for Clean Air with Garrett Boone, founder of Dallas-based the Container Store.