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These are Uber's biggest shareholders who should see their stakes be worth, collectively, many billions if the IPO does well.

He was Uber's first CEO, though he Kalanick quickly switched him out of that role and took the CEO job himself.

Graves remains on the board though. He may have sold off a chunk of his shares during some of Uber's secondary sales.Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin SalmanThe Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund invested $3.5 billion in Uber in 2016 and its managing director, Yasir Al Rumayyan, sits on Uber's board.

PIF is chaired by Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi royal who's been accused of killing Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The Fund predates the prince's tenure. It was established in the 1970s but it has been a driving force behind the country's ambitions to diversify the economy away from oil.Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital speaks onstage at the TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2013 at The Manhattan Center on April 29, 2013 in New York City.

Benchmark sold about 14.5% of its stake to Softbank when Softbank bought in, but it also held on to a considerable stake. It still owns over 150 million shares, or 11% of the company., Gurley was one Kalanick's earliest advisors and then became one of the ringleaders that ousted him. After that, he resigned from the board and Matt Cohler took his place and Cohler remains on the board today.

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