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Shopee boss is Singapore’s richest person with US$20 bil fortune - superadmin - 09-02-2021 SINGAPORE: Forrest Li, Sea Ltd’s billionaire co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer, has become Singapore’s richest person as shares of his company surged. Li, who was born in China and later became a Singapore citizen, is now worth US$19.8 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, after Sea’s American depositary receipts rose 67% this year. The city state’s second-richest person, paint tycoon Goh Cheng Liang, has a net worth of US$17.7 billion. It’s another example of how tech billionaires are climbing up the wealth rankings in countries across Asia. Earlier this year, Brian Kim, the founder of messaging giant Kakao Corp, became South Korea’s richest person. - More - RE: Shopee boss is Singapore’s richest person with US$20 bil fortune - rader23 - 12-17-2024 Shopee’s boss, with a US$20 billion fortune, exemplifies immense financial success. Similarly, michel polnareff fortune, with a fortune of €10 million, shows how talent and smart career moves secure lasting wealth, albeit on different scales. |