In 2009, Garrett Camp, a co-founder of StumbleUpon, came up with the idea to create Uber to make it easier and cheaper to procure direct transportation. Travis Kalanick, former CEO of Uber, in 2013

Many of these were revealed by a leak of documents showing controversial activity between 20 under the leadership of Travis Kalanick. Controversies involving Uber include various unethical practices such as aggressive lobbying and ignoring and evading local regulations.

Ridesharing companies are regulated in many jurisdictions and the Uber platform is not available in several countries where the company is not able or willing to comply with regulations. Ridesharing companies have disrupted taxicab businesses and allegedly caused an increase in traffic congestion.

Like other ridesharing companies, Uber classifies its drivers as gig workers and independent contractors, where allowable, which has become the subject of legal action in several jurisdictions. It has operations in approximately 70 countries and 10,500 cities and, with 131 million monthly active users and 5.4 million active drivers and couriers worldwide, it generates an average of 23 million trips per day. Uber sets fares, which vary using a dynamic pricing model based on local supply and demand at the time of the booking and are quoted to the customer in advance, and receives a commission from each booking. ( Uber), based in San Francisco, provides mobility as a service/ ride-hailing (48% of revenues), food delivery/ package delivery/ couriers via Uber Eats and Postmates (34% of revenues), and freight transport (18% of revenues). Uber's former headquarters in the Mid-Market neighborhood of San Francisco

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