- November 13, 2023
EPISODE #
#61 Tomaso Rodriguez on scaling talabat
About this episode
I sat down with Tomaso Rodriguez, CEO at talabat to learn more about his experience growing the largest food delivery platform across 8 Middle Eastern markets including the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan and more.
Talabat was born in Kuwait in 2004 and was sold to global player Delivery Hero in 2015 for $170m. I had interviewed one of talabat’s original co-founders Abdulaziz Al Loughani on Conversations with Loulou in 2020, you can check out the episode here.
Tomaso has played a key role in scaling talabat. He shares insights on talabat’s complex operations, technology and artificial intelligence, building a culture of innovation, creating new revenue streams as well as his thoughts on potential acquisitions for talabat.
This is your opportunity to peek under the hood of one of the region’s great companies.
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Tomaso Rodriguez
Tomaso Rodriguez is an accomplished technology executive and entrepreneur, startup enthusiast, and venture capitalist currently holding the role of CEO at talabat.
With extensive experience across the world, Tomaso is responsible for ramping up talabat’s presence in the Middle East and further building strategic partnerships. He joined talabat from Singapore-based Grab, Southeast Asia’s market leading super-app and the region’s most valuable startup. He headed the GrabFood division, and grew the food delivery business from one city to 200 in just 18 months.
Prior to that, he headed up UberEATS Regional Operations – APAC, based in Singapore, having earlier worked as the global car hailing app General Manager in Italy and Greece.
Tomaso started his career as an investor at 360 capital partners, a European fund with $500 million under its management. He had also founded a startup, AgencyManagement in Italy, which was sold to a top international consumer goods company.