Uber’s stock extends its surge as hedge funder Ackman says he’s amassed a 30.3-million-share stake since early January.

Ride-hailing group is ‘one of the best managed and highest quality businesses in the world’, activist investor says.

Uber Technologies' stock rose to a three month high, as Bill Ackman acquired a $2.3 billion interest in the company, Reuters reported. The billionaire hedge fund manager took to X to say that he had begun purchasing a stake in the ride sharing platform in early January. He now owns 30.3 million shares in the company, the newswire noted.