EPISODE · Jun 2, 2016 · 8 MIN
Saudi Arabia’s $3.5bn bet on Uber
from FT News in Focus
Uber has just received a $3.5bn investment from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, making it the best backed start-up in the world. Ravi Mattu asks Leslie Hook, the FT's San Francisco correspondent, and Simeon Kerr, Gulf correspondent, what the investment means for Saudi Arabia and for Uber's ambitions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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