# Professor Arun Sundararajan is quoted in a feature story on Uber's ties to the Saudi Arabian government and the challenges its new CEO faces in rebuilding the company’s reputation

1 Faculty News November 3, 2018 ![Bloomberg logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/bloomberg192x144.jpg?itok=yV529lwz)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-03/the-inside-story-of-how-uber-got-into-business-with-the-saudi-arabian-government) -- "'There was a general perception that they would take money from anyone,' said Arun Sundararajan, a professor at New York University’s business school who wrote a book called The Sharing Economy."

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