Jon Russell

Southeast Asia Editor, The Ken • SEA Edition

Jon Russell is Southeast Asia editor for The Ken based in Bangkok. Originally from the UK, Jon moved to Thailand in 2008. He’s passionate about telling thoughtful business stories, and tracking the impact of the internet in his adopted home of Southeast Asia.

14 Articles published

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Hungry, Thailand? Foodpanda, Grab, LINE deliver jobs during Covid-19

Hi Rahul—I think Thailand is quite unique with four pretty big companies competing hard, I imagine the realistic scenario for improved unit economics is when weaker players drop out or deprioritise. Right now, if anyone did raise prices or make decisions to be more sustainable, you'd imagine others would step up and see an opportunity to burn to win market share. For hygiene, the companies said they provide masks and santiser and teach "best practices"—the kind of responses that you'd expect.

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Stories by Jon Russell

30 Mar, 20

Hungry, Thailand? Foodpanda, Grab, LINE deliver jobs during Covid-19

Jon Russell

18 Mar, 20

Growth funds the new black for Southeast Asia’s VCs

Ka Kay Lum, Jon Russell

16 Mar, 20

Covid-19’s impact on startups: Black Swan or something else?

Jon Russell, Sumanth Raghavendra

10 Mar, 20

Amazon gets serious about Southeast Asia

Jon Russell

03 Mar, 20

Grab-bed away? Gojek’s stunted SE Asia expansion story

Jum Balea, Jon Russell

05 Dec, 19

Singapore’s Carousell makes its mark on the global classifieds stage

Jon Russell

20 Nov, 19

Ad-venture capital: Southeast Asia’s VCs are scaling as fast as the startups they fund

Jon Russell, Ka Kay Lum

06 Nov, 19

Up for Grab? Gojek after Nadiem Makarim

Nadine Freischlad, Jon Russell

23 Oct, 19

RedDoorz: The unlikely David to OYO’s Goliath in Southeast Asia

Jon Russell

07 Oct, 19

Grab plays up social impact as SoftBank unicorns face a reckoning

Jon Russell

18 Sep, 19

Sequoia’s early-stage Surge bet pits the firm against Southeast Asia’s investors

Jon Russell

27 Aug, 19

B2B in vogue as Zilingo looks to enter the unicorn club in style

Jon Russell

09 Aug, 19

Iflix: the ‘emerging market Netflix’ limps towards an anti-climactic IPO

Jon Russell

29 Jul, 19

Go-Jek and Grab are turning Southeast Asia’s startup ecosystem tribal

Jon Russell