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​Selfgrowth.com featured five Australians who have overcome the challenges of being in a foreign environment to become hugely successful in the US. At the head of the list, naturally, is media tycoon Rupert Murdoch. He began with a few newspapers in his home country and New Zealand and then hit the road, first conquering the UK and then capturing the American media market. 

The China Business Unit at Uber Technologies Inc. was recently acquired by the Chinese firm, Didi Chuxing. This deal was valued at $35 billion and was brokered without the use of investment banks, saving both sides circa $60 million in fees.

Technology companies across China have shunned external advisers when making investments and acquisitions of foreign corporations. While tech mergers and acquisitions in China increased by 100% in 2015, to approximately $68 billion, fee volumes increased by just 60%. Chinese firms typically avoid paying for financial consultation, and they are more likely to use in-house advisers -- based on the widespread perception that the costs of seeking external advice far outweigh the benefits.

However, bankers based in Asia discreetly acknowledge that their M&A business operations are hampered by the use of in-house advisers. There is an increasing drive towards closer collaboration with technology entrepreneurs in China. The fees are generated by companies that offer banking services such as FX and cash management, and this is important when IPOs are announced.

Former Goldman Sachs vice president, Cameron Poetzscher, is among an elite group of high-profile executives leading Uber Industries Inc. towards an IPO.

Uber Technologies Inc. has assembled one of the most competent management teams in the history of corporations, with investment bank Goldman Sachs providing the human capital. As the much-awaited IPO approaches on Wall Street, Uber Technologies Inc. is readying for the challenge. Many mid-level bankers are now on board with Uber. These employees are at least 3-4 years beyond their Master of Business Administration (MBA), and many of these Uber employees are vice presidential material.


​Uber Technologies is expected to hit the elite $10 billion club in 2016 as a massive investment haul comes in.
​Cameron Poetzscher is spearheading corporate development at the company.

​A new entrant to the $10 billion club of companies could soon hit the markets. Uber Technologies Inc. of San Francisco is currently negotiating another round of financing that could push the company’s valuation over $10 billion. This information was recently made public. If it happens, the company will see a threefold increase in its current value of $3.5 billion. In 2015, the company generated $258 million over several rounds of financing