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Grab’s Tech Head Quits for Crypto Gaming Startup Ethlas
- Wui Ngiap Foo spearheaded the platform’s ride-hailing features
- Wui’s departure comes as Grab faces intense investor scrutiny
A delivery driver for GrabFood, Grab Holdings Inc.'s online food-delivery platform, delivers an order in Singapore.
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Grab Holdings Ltd.’s head of technology is leaving the ride-hailing and food-delivery company after seven years to lead a new cryptocurrency gaming venture, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Wui Ngiap Foo, the executive in charge of building up the platform’s mobility-services fleet, is leaving on March 31, said the people, asking not to be identified as the exit hasn’t been publicly announced. Foo, 35, has been a key member of Singapore-based Grab’s leadership team, helping in its combination with Uber Technologies Inc.’s Southeast Asia business in 2018 and later leading its collaboration with Microsoft Corp.