Uber CEO responds to Apple funding Chinese rival
After Apple announced an investment of $1 billion in China's largest taxi-hailing app Didi Chuxing (formerly known as Didi Kuaidi), Uber CEO Travis Kalanick tweeted, "girlfriend owns @apple shares which makes her a didi investor...#ridesharewars #domesticissues #thanksALotTim." Didi is Uber's biggest rival in China and claims to hold 87% of the country's private ride-hailing market.