Uber reaches 2 billion rides six months after hitting its first billion

Uber has completed more than 2 billion trips on its app, the company's chief executive said on Monday, a milestone that arrives just weeks after the ride service added another $4.7 billion to its warchest. Uber [UBER.UL] hit 2 billion rides on June 18, CEO Travis Kalanick said in a Facebook post, six months after marking its first billion rides. Kalanick said that 147 Uber rides started at the exact same second in 16 countries to tie for the two billionth trip.