Uber prices IPO at $45 per share, raises $8.1B

Uberhas set its initial public offering at $45 per share, per reports, raising $8.1 billion in the process.
The price, which falls at the low end of Uber’s planned range, values Uber at $82.4 billion. Uber confirmed the price in a press release Thursday afternoon.
The pricing comes one day after drivers all over the world went on strike, with drivers in San Francisco protesting right outside the company’s headquarters.
Uber filed for its IPO last month, reporting 2018 revenues o