This 42-year-old built a $2 billion a year super app called Grab: I worked ’20 hour’ days

Anthony Tan didn’t need to start a business to be rich.

He grew up as the youngest of three sons in one of Malaysia’s wealthiest families. His father, Tan Heng Chew, is the president of Tan Chong Motor, a multinational automobile distributor founded by Tan’s grandfather in the 1950s, that’s publicly listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.