All eyes on Grab: From a Harvard University project to a USD 40 billion business

Grab had a humble beginning but it is now set to go public in the world's largest SPAC merger. Grab, one of Southeast Asia's most valuable tech startups, was conceived at Harvard Business School when its two co-founders, Anthony Tan and Hooi Ling Tan, met in a class called "Business at the Base of the Pyramid." That class taught students how companies operate in low-income markets, which represent the majority of humanity.