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  "id": 819605,
  "title": "Careem’s founders put in $100,000. Seven years later, Uber bought it for $3.1 billion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/careems-founders-put-in-100-000-seven-years-later-uber-bought-it-for-819605",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-13T22:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/video/2026/08/13/careem-founder-mudassir-sheikha.html"
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  "summary": "Mudassir Sheikha left McKinsey to co-found Careem in 2012, putting in $50,000 of his own money. Seven years later, Uber agreed to acquire the company for $3.1 billion.",
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        "title": "Careem’s founders put in $100,000. Seven years later, Uber bought it for $3.1 billion",
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