Shopee owner's chief Forrest Li named Singapore's Businessman of the Year

Forrest Li was named Businessman of the Year 2019/2020, in recognition of his efforts in building Sea into a New York-listed global Internet company. - BT FILE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): When Forrest Li first arrived in Singapore more than 15 years ago, the then 28-year-old was deep in student loan debt to the tune of S$100,000, had next to nothing in the bank and made only enough to rent a room in a flat in Braddell.

Today, Li, 43, is the billionaire founder and group chief executive of tech giant Sea, which owns e-commerce platform Shopee and also operates businesses in gaming and digital finance.