Grab CEO Anthony Tan Receives Selangor’s Datuk Honour

Grab co-founder and CEO Anthony Tan has received a Datuk title from Selangor’s Sultan, according to a report by Bernama. Tan was among the people honoured at a ceremony held on Nov. 7 at Istana Alam Shah in Klang. The investiture was part of events marking 25 years of Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah’s reign. Tan received the Dato’ Paduka Mahkota Selangor, or DPMS, one of eight awards of that rank presented during the ceremony. A total of 19 people were honoured that day, the report said. Tan attended the event with his wife, Chloe Tong. The Datuk honorific is associated with certain Malaysian honours, while DPMS is a title conferred by the Sultan of Selangor. Male recipients are styled Datuk and female recipients Datin Paduka. Tan co-founded Grab in Kuala Lumpur in 2012 with Tan Hooi Ling. The company, now based in Singapore, began as a ride-hailing start-up and expanded into delivery services. Tan became a Singapore citizen in 2016, according to the article.