Uber spread around the world based on deception.- The Guardian

Uber co-founder Travis Kalanik had direct dealings with Emmanuel Macron when he was French economy minister, and even taunted Joe Biden when he was US vice president for being late for a meeting in Davos, Switzerland, the investigation found.

Currently, both politicians are presidents of their respective countries.

Kalanik’s dealings affected more than 100 global leaders, always under the direct supervision of Uber’s political and legal groups. The files consulted for the investigation

Uber told The Guardian that it made mistakes and missteps, but had transformed since 2017 under the leadership of its current chief executive, Dara Khosrowshahi.

“We do not have and will not make excuses for past behavior that is clearly not in line with our current values. Instead, we ask the public to judge us by what we have done in the last five years and what we will do in the years to come.” , the company told the newspaper

Journalists Harry Davies, Simon Goodley, Felicity Lawrence, Paul Lewis and Lisa O’Carroll of the English newspaper had access to more than 124,000 documents.

Currently Uber is one of the largest travel platform companies in the world with a market value of close to 43,000 million dollars (mdd) that makes about 19 million trips a day.

The Guardian notes that Uber lobbied governments to rewrite laws that would pave the way for an app-based model of work. Uber planned to spend an extraordinary $90 million in 2016 on lobbying and public relations.

His main strategy involved bypassing mayors and transport authorities to get directly to the seat of power.