Anthony Tan launched Grab with his Harvard Business School classmate, Tan Hooi Ling, in 2012. It was previously called MyTeksi. With his hard work and passion, Grab CEO Anthony has become a well-known name in Southeast Asia. In 2018, Forbes listed him among the top 50 richest people in Malaysia.
The company that he had started to offer on-demand taxi-hailing services six years back, is now seeing its extension in the form of various other existing and upcoming platforms, such as GrabCar (private car services), GrabBike (motorcycle taxis), GrabShare (carpooling), GrabFood (Food delivery) and GrabPay (digital payment), etc. Besides, in 2018, he acquired Southeast Asia operations of his rival company – the transportation giant Uber – establishing his monopoly in the market.
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Salary & Net Worth – Investors, Funding, & Valuation
Tan’s net worth is estimated to be around 300 million USD. His salary details will be updated shortly.
Career & Education – Company, University, & College
Anthony cofounded his taxi-hailing app business in 2012 and has been serving the company as its Chief Operating Officer since.
Anthony is B.A. Hons in Economics and Public Policy from University of Chicago. He completed his college education between 2000 and 2004. After that, he attended Harvard Business School for MBA, where he studied from 2009 to 2011.
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Contact Anthony Tan – Email Address | Twitter | LinkedIn
Grab CEO Anthony Tan is active on his Twitter profile @AnthonyPY_Tan. His official email address is [email protected]. You can visit his Linked page here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-tan.
Wiki Trivia on Anthony Tan – Age, Family, Wife, & More
Tan (age 36) occupies 50th rank in Forbes’ 2018 list of Malaysia’s 50 Richest. His father Tan Heng Chew and two uncles own an auto-sales business. But the young Tan chose to carve out his own path by launching his taxi-hailing app in Kuala Lumpur with his friend from Harvard Business School Tan Hooi Ling. Tan Hooi Ling is said to have lower stake in the company than Tan’s.
For his maiden venture, Tan’s mother Khor Swee Wah made an early-stage investment and joined it as a company officer. Anthony’s wife Chloe Tong is the daughter of Tong Kooi Ong, the founder of Phileo Allied Bank and owner of Edge Media Group. The couple has one kid from their marriage.
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