Uber目前估值已至少高于72%的《财富》美国500强企业

Uber大约从交易额中抽取20％的提成。假设交易额为20亿美元，则Uber的提成为4亿美元，还不够达到《财富》美国500强的上榜门槛。即便按总营业额20亿美元来算，也不足以跻身美国500强。今年《财富》美国500强中的第500名是United Rentals公司，该公司上年营收49亿美元。

从Uber极高的估值可以看出，投资者坚信这家成立仅4年的公司将飞速发展。Uber首席执行官特拉维斯•卡兰尼克今年6月表示，该公司的收入每半年就翻一倍。眼下Uber的估值为400亿美元，比半年前高了一倍多。虽然Uber名声不大好，但该公司可能将进行首次公开发行（IPO）。关于Uber的负面消息似乎并未吓倒投资者，因为Uber正令他们大赚特赚。之前Uber估值为180亿美元时，该公司早期投资者的投资回报率就高达2000倍。如今，Uber的估值又涨到了400亿美元，Uber土豪们的财富也将愈加水涨船高。（财富中文网）

译者：Hunter

审稿：李翔

Uber takes an approximate 20% cut from its transactions. That cut of $2 billion in revenue would be $400 million, which is not enough to land Uber on the Fortune 500. Even $2 billion in gross revenue isn’t enough: No. 500 on this year’s list, United Rentals, had $4.9 billion in revenue last year.

With its nosebleed valuation, investors are betting on the four-year-old company’s rapid growth. Uber has been doubling its revenue every six months, according to comments made by CEO Travis Kalanick in June of this year. At $40 billion, Uber more than doubled its valuation from just six months ago. The company is likely bound for an IPO, even as it grapples with a bad reputation. Investors don’t seem phased by the company’s negative publicity, because Uber is making them filthy rich. At Uber’s previous $18 billion valuation, early investors were set to make 2000 times their investment. Now, at $40 billion, the “Uber Rich” are only getting richer.