Forrest Li
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Stanford University (MBA)
Chairman of Lion City Sailors FC
President of the Football Association of Singapore
Forrest Li Xiaodong | |
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| 李小冬 | |
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| Born | 1977 or 1978 (age 47–48)[1] |
| Citizenship | Singaporean |
| Education | Shanghai Jiaotong University (BA) Stanford University (MBA) |
| Known for | Founder of Sea Limited Chairman of Lion City Sailors FC President of the Football Association of Singapore |
Forrest Li Xiaodong (born 1977 or 1978) is a Singaporean entrepreneur and billionaire. He is the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Sea Limited, a Singapore tech company with subsidiaries including Garena, Shopee, and Monee. In addition, he is the chairman of Lion City Sailors FC, as well as president of the Football Association of Singapore (FAS).
Li is married and lives in Singapore.[1] He appeared on the August 2020 cover of Forbes Asia, the Asia edition of Forbes magazine.[3] As of April 5, 2024, his net worth was estimated at US$3.6 billion according to the Forbes World’s Billionaires List, ranking him as the ninth richest person in Singapore.[4][5]
Forrest Li Xiaodong was born in Tianjin, China. He earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and after graduation worked at Motorola Solutions and Corning. He then earned an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he watched Steve Jobs give his "stay hungry, stay foolish" commencement speech. Li later credited the speech as inspiring him to become a startup founder.[1][6][7]
After graduation, Li moved to Singapore with limited financial resources and $100,000 in student loan debt. He and his wife, who he met at Stanford, rented a single bedroom in a three-room public housing unit in Braddell. He became a Singapore citizen and founded his company Sea in Singapore.[8]
