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MILLENNIALS IN CHARGE
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Anthony Tan
Co-founder and CEO, Grab
Anthony Tan started Southeast Asia’s biggest ride hailing and food
delivery firm with Tan Hooi Ling in 2011. The company is based on an
idea for a Harvard Business School venture competition. Grab has a
market capitalisation of US$12.63 billion (A$18.71 billion).
Brian Chesky
Co-founder and CEO, Airbnb
With Airbnb, Chesky has helped to change the way we travel – or at
least where we stay while we are away. The company has a market cap
of US$106.31 billion (A$157.52 billion).
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Melanie Perkins
Co-founder and CEO, Canva
Launched in 2013, web design and publishing platform Canva is an Australian
start-up unicorn, valued at $US25.5 billion (A$37.8 billion). Perkins, aged 37,
hails from Perth, Western Australia, and owns 18 per cent of the company.
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Mark Zuckerberg
Co-founder and CEO, Meta Platforms
The poster child for millennial entrepreneurs, Zuckerberg started Facebook
in 2004 at the age of 19 and took the company public in 2013. Facebook's
holding company changed its name to Meta Platforms in 2021. The company
has a market cap of US$1.27 trillion (A$1.88 trillion).
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Some of the world’s most recognisable and financially successful organisations are led by millennials.
Daniel Ek
Co-founder and CEO, Spotify
Founded in Stockholm, the music streaming service Spotify was
launched in 2008 and has a market cap of US$51.18 billion (A$75.83 billion).
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