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A day in the life of the cofounder of Grab, the ride-hailing giant that beat Uber in Southeast Asia and is eyeing a $40 billion IPO in the US

Matthew LohNov 24, 2021, 10:03 IST

Anthony Tan started Grab in Malaysia in 2012. It now operates across Southeast Asia and is headquartered in Singapore.Edgar Su/REUTERS

Anthony Tan is the cofounder of Grab, a ride-hailing company with 25 million monthly users.
Grab is based in Singapore, and it now offers a variety of services beyond car rides.

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Anthony Tan cofounded Grab as a ride-hailing company in 2012.

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6 to 8 a.m: Tan starts his day early with some quiet time. He plays with his kids before heading to the gym for an hour-long workout.

Anthony Tan

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8 to 9 a.m: Tan starts work at home with an oat milk manuka latte made by his wife.

Anthony Tan

9 to 10 a.m: Tan attends an online training session for his leadership team about experimentation at work.

Anthony Tan

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11 a.m. to noon: Tan calls Grab's country operations and public affairs teams to discuss pandemic-related changes.

An oxygen concentrator donation to Indonesia from Grab.Anthony Tan

Noon to 1:30 p.m: Tan has lunch with Teng Wen Wee, the founder of Lo and Behold Group, a collection of restaurants that uses his company's food services.

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1:30 to 2:30 p.m: Tan hops on a call with a fellow Harvard Business School graduate who works in a different industry and asked him for some advice.

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2:30 to 3:30 p.m: Tan has a Zoom meeting with board members of a consortium between Grab and a local telecom.

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3:30 to 3:45 p.m: Tan orders a teatime snack between meetings and has a chat with the deliveryman.

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4 to 6 p.m: Tan wraps up his meetings and visits one of Grab's cloud kitchens — commercial kitchens for takeout or delivery services only.

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6 to 7 p.m: Tan has a hard stop for meetings and calls at 6. He and his family set aside an hour to eat dinner together.

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7 to 8:30 p.m: Tan gets his kids ready for bed and reads them a bedtime story, which he says is "a rare treat."

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8:30 to 11:30 p.m: Tan calls a few business partners in the US and clears his emails from a second work-from-home desk in his bedroom.

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11:30 p.m: Tan has an end-of-day stretch, reads a book, and then goes to bed.

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