Get to know Grab CEO, Anthony Tan, who also co-founded the ride-hailing app that rivaled Uber in Southeast Asia.
Meet Grab CEO Anthony Tan, who co-founded the Uber rival ride hailing app in Southeast Asia.
As per a news story by Business Insider, the co-founder of Grab, who graduated with a degree from Harvard, developed an alternative to the public taxis of Malaysia.
Anthony Tan and Grab
It is worth noting that traveling using public taxis got the ire of public transport users. Not to mention that Malaysian taxis were once dubbed the worst in the world by a United Kingdom rating site.
With that in mind, Tan decided to co-found a ride-hailing service that would give the commuting public an alternative in traveling around Kuala Lumpur.
On top of that, Grab became the close rival of Uber, at least in the Southeast Asian region. However, the Asian ride-hailing app successfully merged with Uber way back in 2018, as the latter exited the said region.
From a merely ride-hailing app, Grab has expanded massively into a "super" app, which includes food delivery and other features like an e-wallet.
The Grab boss, Tan, leads the rapid expansion of the ride-hailing app. What's more, the tech CEO is also working on the plans of his firm to go public in the United States.
Get to Know Grab CEO Anthony Tan
According to a report by Forbes, Tan currently sits as the chief executive of the dominating ride-hailing app in Southeast Asia.
This picture taken on August 25, 2021 shows GrabFood delivery drivers waiting to collect takeaway orders outside a cloud kitchen for Thai restaurants under the iBerry Group in Bangkok. - The boom in food delivery apps during the pandemic has meant customers were increasingly used to having restaurant quality meals quickly delivered to their homes, and to meet that demand a growing number of restaurants have set up delivery only kitchens -- known as cloud or "ghost kitchens" -- or rented space in ones.
The Grab boss is actually the scion of a family that owns a Malaysian auto-business, which is being run by none other than his father, Tan Heng Chew.
However, even if Tan could easily join the business that his family has already established in the country, he went against the tide to work on his own thing in 2012.
Almost two decades later, Grab now operates in eight various Southeast Asian nations with giant investors, such as Toyota and Softbank.
Not to mention that its then-rival in Asia, Uber, also has a stake in the ride-hailing business.
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Grab's Anthony Tan and his Work Ethic
According to Business Insider's profile article of the Grab CEO, Anthony Tan, the daily work schedule of tech exec prioritizes efficiency to get his work done.
Tan starts his day by spending some quiet time reading, doing some stretching, and even talking to God.
However, he does not fail to include some work during this time. He also checks some of the emails that he might have missed while resting at night.
After which, his schedule of endless meetings both virtually and physically fills up his day.
Nevertheless, he still finds time to spend a break during the afternoon, wherein he uses the delivery service of Grab. He also takes the time to interact with some Grab delivery folks.
That said, even during his breaks and alone time, Tan efficiently squeezed in some important aspects of his role in leading Grab.
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Written by Teejay Boris
