The shuttle service Uber has been able to secure another investor: The Russian billionaire Fridman has gone through its investment funds “LetterOne” with 200 million dollars in the company.
Mikhail Fridman is considered one of the richest men in Russia. According to the US magazine “Forbes” the assets of the 51-year-olds is estimated at more than 13 billion dollars. Now Fridman has entered with his investment firm “LetterOne” even if the car service Uber. “We believe that the talented leadership of Uber has the vision and the talent to come out of the company of the most important companies in the world to make the technology sector,” Fridman explained his decision.
A message of” According LetterOne “Fridman put $ 200 million Uber. Furthermore, what shares he has received it, no details were provided. According to media reports, the value of Uber in financing rounds has been recently estimated to be $ 60 billion
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick hopes by embarking Fridmans benefit from new skills can. ” the knowledge of the mutual fund LetterOne on the emerging markets will help to make cities more accessible and create more opportunities for passengers and drivers. “
Fridman does business in several sectors, such as telecommunications and energy represented. To include “LetterOne” among other interests in the mobile operators VimpelCom and Turkcell
Russian media said Uber was as early as 2015 to win another Russian billionaire as an investor. Alisher Usmanov. The 62-year-old had invested already in Facebook when the social network was still in its early days.
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