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Uber, and other famous companies you won't believe aren't profitable

Successful companies that don't make a penny in profit
Deliveroo
Deliveroo
Peloton
Peloton
Slack
Slack
Lyft
Lyft
WeWork
Wework
Uber
Uber
Airbnb
Airbnb
SoundCloud
SoundCloud
Zillow
Zillow
Ocado
Ocado
Reddit
Reddit
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Successful companies that don't make a penny in profit

Did you know that making a profit is no longer all that important to business success? That’s what most of these companies would have you think anyway, and it seems that investors might agree. An awful lot of money has been pumped into unprofitable businesses over the past few years, with many becoming publicly listed household names while still failing to make a single penny in actual profit. We take a look at some of the most well known and, arguably, successful unprofitable businesses.

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Caroline Ramsey

04 August 2022

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