Pratish Sanghvi

MY GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: I took a significant risk by ending a successful stint at BlackRock to pursue my entrepreneurial dream of building a technology platform with a rider network for enterprise logistics in India. I Kickstart’d the venture during the days when digital commerce was still nascent and mobile phones were a luxury. From starting up in a single city, with five delivery executives, and a total team of seven people, Grab has surpassed obstacles, failed and learned, and rode the Indian digital boom to become India’s largest sector agnostic delivery service for businesses. We now have a presence in 45 cities, more than 5,000 delivery executives and more than 250 employees.

HOW DREXEL HELPED: I was a teaching and research assistant with the Marketing Department while I was pursuing my MBA at Drexel. My instruction from the highly knowledgeable faculty, the opportunities to interact and the overall program were the fuel to kickstart my professional journey.

WHERE I’ll BE IN FIVE YEARS: Grab’s goal is to become an Uber for businesses to deliver their products. We want to empower Indian businesses of all sizes to cater to the delivery demands of 1.5 billion Indians.