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Aaron Tan

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Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Carro

Editions

Successful People in Singapore (2nd Edition)

2023 February

Successful People in Singapore (1st Edition)

2022 February

E - EDUCATION

2010 - BSc from Singapore Management University’s School of Information Systems, Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, National University of Singapore

CA - CAREER

A Programmer by training and a Venture Capitalist by profession, Aaron founded his first startup at 13 and has already sold two companies before turning 21. Currently, he is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Carro, an automotive marketplace that offers a full-stack service for all aspects of car ownership. Carro was named the fastest-growing company in Asia-Pacific in an analysis jointly conducted by the Financial Times, Nikkei and Statista. In the region, Carro has presence in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. The company hit unicorn status when it raised US$360 million in a Softbank-led Series C funding round. Prior to Carro, he spent close to five years with Southeast Asia’s leading venture fund, Singtel Innov8 Ventures. He subsequently relocated to the United States and started Block71 San Francisco and the firm’s operations there before returning to Singapore in 2015

AW - AWARDS

ITMA Future IT Leader Award, Winner of EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2021

WEB - WEBSITE

https://carro.sg/