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13 Jun 2023 Acquired Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi

“I think we're in the scale business. We centrally wire up every form of transportation whether it's people or things.”

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belief
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13 Jun 2023
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Acquired

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…But now, depending on what profitability metric you look at, you guys are a break-even or slightly positive business, and increasingly getting more profitable and looking like a self-sustaining business. What can you do then if you aren't in the business of deciding what a ride should cost? I think we're in the scale business. We centrally wire up every form of transportation whether it's people or things. It's increasingly people, then shared, taxis, et cetera. There are 4½ million taxis in the world. Who would imagine that Uber will be working with taxis? But we're going to wire up every single taxi in the world. The Curbs, the Cabulouses, and the Flywheels.…

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