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Oscar Salazar's equity stake in Uber was worth approximately $250 million at the time of the company's IPO in May 2019.
Travis Kalanick convinced Garrett Camp that Uber should not purchase its own cars, but instead create a platform for existing drivers to sign up and offer rides.
Naval Ravikant's initial $25,000 investment in Uber's seed round was eventually worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
In October 2010, San Francisco officials issued Uber a cease and desist letter, threatening penalties of $5,000 per ride and 90 days in jail for each day of operation.
In November 2010, Travis Kalanick became the CEO of Uber, replacing Ryan Graves, who remained with the company.
In early 2011, Uber raised an $11 million Series A funding round led by Bill Gurley's firm, Benchmark.
Uber's Series A funding round in early 2011 valued the company at $60 million.
VC firm Menlo Ventures made a $25 million investment in Uber at a $290 million valuation.
Uber launched UberX, its lowest-cost service, which used professional licensed drivers with 4-door hybrid vehicles to target the mass market.
In January 2013, Uber launched its ridesharing service nationwide, allowing non-licensed drivers on its platform to compete with Lyft and Sidecar.
At the start of 2014, Uber had raised over $300 million and was valued at $3.5 billion.
In August 2013, Google invested over $250 million in Uber.