Itamar Har-Even on CNBC: Econ Downturn Will Hit Ride-Sharing Firms

Ride-sharing is one of ‘hardest hit’ sectors amid virus crisis, says investor

“Whether or not people can muster the political support to save some of these companies which have never been profitable … will be kind of a tough sell on a governmental level,” says Itamar Har-Even, Ion Pacific’s co-founder and co-CEO on the challenges facing ride-sharing firms amid current economic downturn caused by the pandemic.

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