Nelson Chai
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | New York City |
| New York | |
| United States | |
| Salary | $600,000 (2007) |
| Spouse | Jung Chai |
| Residence | New York City |
| New York | |
| United States | |
| Education | University of Pennsylvania |
| Harvard Business School | |
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| ID | 544447 |
Nelson Chai Life story
Nelson Joosuk Chai is an American investment banker and financial executive. He formerly served as the chief financial officer of American financial services company Merrill Lynch and briefly as Bank of America's president for the Asia-Pacific region.
Uber loses $5. 9bn as Asia investment values fall
... Uber had enough cash to hold on to those loss-making stakes and wait for a better time to sell them, chief financial officer Nelson Chai said...
Uber posts $1bn loss weeks after stock market listing
... Long journey Finance Chief Nelson Chai said he had recently seen some less aggressive pricing by competitors, which include arch rival Lyft...
Uber loses $5. 9bn as Asia investment values fall
Ride-hailing and delivery group Uber has made a $5. 9bn (£4. 7bn) loss, mostly due to its stakes in other companies.
The Firm said almost all of The Loss was a result of The Fall in the value of investments in businesses including two Asian ride-hailing Giants - China 's Didi and South East Asia 's Grab.
Shares in Didi and Grab have plunged since listing in New York Last Year .
Despite The Loss , Uber's boss highlighted its progress in recovering from the impact of the pandemic.
" Our results demonstrate just how much progress we've made navigating out of the pandemic and how The Power of our platform is differentiating our business performance, " chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi said.
That came as The Company said The Number of trips taken had risen 18% for the three months to The End of March, compared to the same period Last Year . That helped revenues rise by 136%.
On a net basis, Uber's first-quarter loss surged to $5. 9bn from $108m a year ago, driven by $5. 6bn of drops in the value of stakes in other businesses, primarily Chinese ride-hail Company Didi.
Uber had enough cash to hold on to those loss-making stakes and wait for a better time to sell them, chief financial officer Nelson Chai said.
Its shares ended Wednesday's trading session in New York 4. 65% lower.
In 2016, as it faced tough competition in China , Uber sold its business in The World 's second largest economy to Didi in exchange for an 18% stake in the Beijing-headquartered firm.
Didi's US market valuation has fallen by More Than 80% since it made its $4. 4bn debut on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Last Summer .
, Saying it illegally collected users' personal data.
In December, The Company announced and move its listing to Hong Kong .
This Week , Didi revealed that it faces an investigation by the US stock market watchdog about its initial public offering.
In 2018, when both firms were still privately owned, Uber sold its businesses in South East Asia to Grab for a 27. 5% stake in the Singapore-based Company .
on New York 's Nasdaq trading platform in December Last Year .
Its stock market valuation has dropped by almost 75% since The Initial public offering, which was the largest ever US listing by a South East Asian firm.
Uber also owns a stake in Indian food delivery firm Zomato, which it got in 2020 in exchange for its Uber Eats operations in India.
Zomato's shares have almost halved in value.
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