Lance Armstrong says Uber investment has ‘saved’ his family

By Daily Sports on December 7, 2018

Lance Armstrong says an early investment in Uber has “saved” his family after paying out $111m (£86.8m) in legal fees and settlements.

The American, 47, was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned from cycling for life in 2012 before admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs.

He says he gave $100,000 (£78,212) to a venture capital fund that invested in the ride-hailing app in 2010. “It’s saved our family,” he told CNBC.

In April, Armstrong agreed to pay $5m (£3.9m) to the US government to settle a long-running lawsuit that could have cost him $100m (£78m) in damages.

However, he said he felt he did not “get off scot free” as other settlements and legal fees meant he had to pay $111m in total.

Armstrong, who has five children, did not say how much he had earned from his Uber investment but added it was “too good to be true”.

He said Uber, which was founded in 2009, was valued at $3.7m (£2.9m) when he invested. The company was valued at $72bn (£56bn) this year and is targeting a valuation of $120bn (£94bn) in 2019.

When asked if he had earned “10, 20, 30, 40 or $50m”, Armstrong replied: “It’s one of those.”

He added that he did not even know he was investing in Uber when he gave the money to associate and entrepreneur Chris Sacca, who started Lowercase Capital in 2010. Armstrong retired after winning seven straight Tour titles from 1999 to 2005, finishing third in his comeback in 2009 before retiring again in 2011.

The US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) subsequently found Armstrong had led “the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme that sport has ever seen”, with the Texan admitting in 2013 he had used drugs throughout his career.

Yet Armstrong said it was how he conducted himself and not just the fact he cheated that led to his downfall.

“Most people have enough history and knowledge to know everybody did it [doping],” he said. (BBC)

•Photo shows Lance Armstrong

Source Daily Sports

Posted December 7, 2018


 

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