Forrest Li, chairman and group chief executive officer of Sea Ltd, in Singapore on July 8. Demand for Sea's mobile games and online-shopping platform has surged during the pandemic. — Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg
David Chen left his native China as a teenager to attend school in Singapore. Little did he know that his adopted city would help him reach the ranks of the ultra-rich.
The co-founder of Sea Ltd is now worth US$1.3bil (RM5.46bil), joining fellow co-founders Forrest Li and Gang Ye among Singapore’s wealthiest individuals. Their company has thrived during the pandemic thanks to the popularity of battle royale mobile game Free Fire and e-commerce platform Shopee.
