Forrest Li
Founder & Group CEO @ Sea
Singapore, Singapore
Forrest Li is a grant investor at Sea in Singapore focused on Association and Universities. Forrest Li is our founder and has served as the chairman of our company and our group chief executive officer since our inception in May 2009. He is a member of the board of directors of the Singapore Economic Development Board. Forrest has also served as an independent non-executive director of Shangri-La Asia Limited, a leading global hospitalitygroup listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and as a member of the nomination committee of the board, since May 2019. He previously held positions in multinational corporations such as Viacom Media Networks, Corning Inc., and Motorola. Forrest holds an M.B.A. degree from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University.
- Total investments:
- 1
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Association 1 (100%)
- Universities 1 (100%)
Investments
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| Established in 1998, NUS School of Computing provides a stimulating environment that amalgamates the best of educational traditions, drawing its faculty staff of 200 from leading universities ranging from the Ivy League to Oxbridge.The School, which is a fully fledged faculty within the National University of Singapore, has about 2,000students, a quarter of them pursuing graduate studies. Since its early days as the only university department in Singapore that produced computing talent for the workforce, NUS School of Computing has produced a trail of distinguished alumni, including the chief executives and technology architects of multinationals and government agencies.The School encourages excellence in diversity among its students. Some are winners of prestigious awards such as the National Infocomm Scholarship. Others are creative thinkers capable of besting their peers in international competitions in areas such as Games Artificial Intelligence. | $37.1M / Grant / Mar 29, 2021 |
About Sea
Sea is the leading consumer internet company in Southeast Asia and Taiwan. Our mission is to better the lives of the consumers and small businesses of our region with technology.Our businesses include:Shopee, our region’s largest and most popular e-commerce platform. Launched in 2015, Shopee was designed to be mobile-first and highly social,offering buyers and sellers a trusted and enjoyable shopping experience. In 2018, Shopee recorded over 603 million orders, and GMV of $10.3 billion. Shopee was also the most downloaded shopping app in Southeast Asia and in Taiwan.Garena, a global leading games company. Garena is the developer of Free Fire, the global smash hit mobile battle royale game with over 450 million registered users and 50 million peak daily active users as of May 2019, making it one of the most popular games in the world. Garena is also the largest games publisher in the region, bringing AAA mobile and PC titles such as Arena of Valor, League of Legends, and Speed Drifters to gamers in Southeast Asia. Garena also leads the growth of esports in our region. Its annual flagship event, Garena World, is the largest and most influential esports event in Southeast Asia.SeaMoney, a leading digital payments and financial services provider in Southeast Asia. SeaMoney’s offerings include mobile wallet services, under the AirPay and ShopeePay brands, which provide users with easy access to digital payment services. Sea is headquartered in Singapore, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol ‘SE’. Our IPO in October 2017 was the largest US public listing ever by a Southeast Asian technology company.
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Forrest Li
Founder & Group CEO
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Gang Ye
Group Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder
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Nok Anulomsombut
Chief Executive Officer of Thailand
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Santitarn Sathirathai
Group Chief Economist
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Tony Hou
Senior Vice President & Group CFO
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What does Forrest Li invest in?
Forrest Li invests primarily in Association and Universities startups, most often at Grant stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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