Uber is going public at a $75.5 billion valuation. Here's how that stacks up
at $45 a share on Thursday evening, giving it a valuation of $75.5 billion.
At that valuation, Uber is worth almost as much as Ford and General Motors combined. It will also have a valuation just above Goldman Sachs and be significantly larger than the electric-car maker Tesla. It is almost five times as valuable as rival ride-hailing company Lyft. Uber, however, will have to rise significantly to eclipse the personal net worth of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, which sits at $112 billion.that was floated in October. Lyft's rocky start has hung over Uber's long-awaited New York Stock Exchange debut.
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