Nir Kaissar, Columnist

Call Uber Anything But Transportation

Tech disrupters are worth a lot. Boring transit companies aren't.

June 2, 2017 at 3:09 PM UTC

Nir Kaissar is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering markets. He is the founder of Unison Advisors, an asset management firm.

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Uber is a technology company. It is also a transportation company.

That may seem like a trivial distinction, but a lot is riding on it. And not just for Uber, but for every disrupter that fancies itself a technology company.