Forrest Li
Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Sea Limited
Singapore, Singapore
Data Confidence: 72% · Sources: 1 · Last Updated: Sep 26, 2026
At a glance
- Net Worth
- $3.6B
- Reach
- 300.0M people
- Profile shape
- Even across all dimensions
- Every dimension sits at Continental tier
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- 💰 Net Worth ▲
- $3.6B
- 🌐 Reach ▲
- 300.0M people
- 🔌 Power ▲
- As founder, chairman, and CEO of Sea Limited, Forrest Li commands a publicly traded tech conglomerate that operates major regional platforms including Garena, Shopee, and Monee.
- 👁️ Influence ▲
- Through Shopee's leading e-commerce market share in Southeast Asia and Garena's digital entertainment reach, his operational decisions influence consumer trade and digital commerce across the region.
- 🤝 Network ▲
- He holds high-level institutional ties in Singapore, serving on the Board of Trustees of the National University of Singapore, the Executive Committee of the Singapore National Olympic Council, and as president of the Football Association of Singapore.
- 🏛️ Legacy ▲
- He transformed a single shophouse startup founded in 2009 into one of Southeast Asia's premier tech conglomerates and executed the first privatization of a Singapore Premier League club with Lion City Sailors FC.
- 🔮 Trajectory ▲
- Rising ↑ — first assessment on record.
Power Trajectory
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About
Forrest Li is a Singaporean billionaire entrepreneur who is the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Sea Limited. Born in Tianjin, China, and educated at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Stanford, he established Sea in 2009 in Singapore. Under his leadership, Sea expanded beyond digital entertainment into e-commerce with Shopee and digital finance with Monee, while Li also took on civic roles including president of the Football Association of Singapore.
Known For
Founding tech conglomerate Sea Limited, the parent company of Shopee, Garena, and Monee.
Connections
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Sources
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