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Didi Chuxing and
Grab have many things in common.
Each is the biggest ride-hailing
app operator in its
home market -- China and Southeast Asia,
respectively
-- and both belong to SoftBank's
expanding ride-hailing empire. According
to
CB Insights, both of them are among the world's
biggest unicorns, with
Didi valued at $56 billion and
Grab at $10 billion.
These two rising stars share another similarity:
Each is led by one of
the most famous female
executives in the Asian tech world. Didi's
president
is former Goldman Sachs executive Jean Liu, while
Grab was
founded by Tan Hooi Ling with her Harvard Business School classmate
Anthony Tan.
Liu and Tan are without a doubt among the most
influential female leaders
in Asian tech, and they
are not alone. In this issue of the Nikkei Asian
Review,
we introduce five more women who are thriving in a famously
male-dominated industry.
Doris Hsu runs Taiwan's Global Wafers, the world's
third-biggest supplier
of silicon wafers. Shilpa Vyapari
from India founded Indicus Software,
which competes
in the area of the internet of things. Carman Chan
launched two startups of her own before going on to
become a successful
venture capitalist. And both
Bai Xue, COO of Ping An Good Doctor and Han
Mei,
co-founder of Hellobike, are former Alibaba executives. Each of them
has an exciting and inspiring story to tell.
A related story offers snapshots of nine of Asia's most influential
female tech players, including
Didi's Liu and Grab's Tan.
We hope you enjoy reading the Nikkei Asian Review.
Sincerely yours,
Sonoko Watanabe
Editor-in-chief
Nikkei Asian Review
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