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Wed, Jul 08, 2026

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Grab's co-founder and CEO Anthony Tan is BT's Singapore Business Awards' Businessman of the Year for 2026.

Grab hitches a ride on the AI wave as CEO Anthony Tan steers company into next phase of growth

The South-east Asian superapp has long invested in technology, believing it to be essential for growth

“I’m (one of) the very few female CEOs in a high-tech industry, so I feel tremendous responsibility to pave the way for our young leadership team," says Trip.com Group’s CEO Jane Sun.

OUTSTANDING OVERSEAS EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR

From China to the world – How Jane Sun leans on her global experience to drive Trip.com’s growth, culture

As the travel group advances, the CEO spotlights women and tech

Kerry Mok, president and CEO of Sats, says the Covid-19 pandemic clearly showed that the group needed to strengthen through diversification.

OUTSTANDING CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR

How Sats CEO Kerry Mok turned the group’s lowest ebb into sky-high results on a global stage

He explains why good leaders need to own everything, recruit people smarter than them and ‘over-communicate’

Eric Leong, co-founder and CEO of Mlion, has built the company by taking on steel projects and markets others were reluctant to enter.

YOUNG BUSINESS LEADER OF THE YEAR

Eric Leong’s steel ambitions take Mlion beyond Singapore

From BMX parts to steel piles, he built a regional business by going where others would not

Winners at the 41st SBA (from left) Old Chang Kee CEO William Lim; Trip.com CEO Jane Sun; Grab group CEO Anthony Tan; Sats CEO Kerry Mok; and Mlion CEO Eric Leong.

SINGAPORE BUSINESS AWARDS 2026

Grab group CEO Anthony Tan takes top prize at 41st Singapore Business Awards

Other winners at the annual event include Sats’ Kerry Mok and Trip.com’s Jane Sun

Han Keen Juan, executive chairman, Old Chang Kee says he did not build his curry puff empire alone

THE ENTERPRISE AWARD

From hawker stall to Enterprise Award winner: How Han Keen Juan scaled the Old Chang Kee empire

Four decades after a risky 1986 corporate exit, the executive chairman reflects on OCK’s journey and attributes the enterprise’s success to professional branding and a “no individual heroes” philosoph...

Singapore's stability and predictability are a "source of strength", says Minister for Defence Chan Chun Sing (left) at a fireside chat moderated by DHL Express Singapore's Christopher Ong.

SINGAPORE BUSINESS AWARDS 2026

Core strengths, new capabilities and more connectivity key to Singapore’s future: Chan Chun Sing

Beyond current issues, we must also ‘scan the horizon’ to be prepared for the future, says the minister

Laurent Junique, who sees the 96-year-old Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing as his beacon, says: “I’m not ready to retire... I would like to continue in this capacity, because it’s interesting.”

BUSINESSMAN OF THE YEAR

The optimistic, crazy ‘ang moh’ who founded TDCX in his Singapore apartment

Frenchman Laurent Junique came to Singapore in 1991 to seek his fortune, armed with S$10,000 seed funding from his parents and years of their pep talks

OCBC’S Helen Wong, says the “one group” approach has led the bank to grow at a faster compound annual growth rate than its peers.

OUTSTANDING CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR

OCBC’s Helen Wong bags ‘outstanding CEO’ at SBA; credits ‘one group’ banking approach

OCBC’s Helen Wong is confident that this part of the world still offers plentiful opportunities

An engineer by training and Lego enthusiast, Irving Tan, CEO of Western Digital, relishes problem-solving and having “the mental ability to switch from one topic to the other”.

Outstanding Overseas Executive of the Year

From Singapore to San Jose: Tech veteran Irving Tan rides AI wave in his latest role

He hopes that more Singaporeans will ‘take the plunge’ into leadership abroad