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Sep 7, 2022 · David Chen is a Singapore-based entrepreneur and the chief product officer of Shopee, the e-commerce unit of Sea. He cofounded Sea in 2009 with Forrest Li and Gang Ye, and is worth $745 million as of 2022.
- From China to Singapore
- Growing Garena Into A Gaming Powerhouse
- First Foray Into Fintech: Seamoney
- Shopee Dominates E-Commerce in Southeast Asia
- Southeast Asia’s Most Valuable Tech Startup
All three of the co-founders hail from China. Chen and Ye first came to Singapore as teenagers under a government scheme to recruit foreign talentthrough scholarship programmes. Chen studied computer engineering at the National University of Singapore while Ye went to Hwa Chong Institution and Raffles Junior College. He later attained bachelor degr...
After Li completed his MBA, he followed his wife to Singapore. He worked for nine months with MTV Network’s digital team before starting his first business, GG Game, which develops single-player gaming products. Angel investors for GG Gameincluded Skype co-founder Toivo Annus; Bryan, who is the son-in-law of billionaire Robert Kuok; and Kuok Khoon ...
Garena didn’t want to settle to be “just a single-country business” so it thought of ways on how it could expand its business further. There was a real need to serve the underprivileged middle class of this region. There’s unfortunately a very low penetration of bank accounts across in Greater Southeast Asia. The majority of adults in places like V...
According to Financial Times, Li decided to launch e-commerce platform Shopee in 2015 after his daughter said she missed Taobao, Alibaba’s online shopping mall. Shopee has since grown to be among the top two most-used e-commerce apps in Southeast Asia in 2019, based on monthly active users. It was also the most visited e-commerce website, chalking ...
In 2017, Garena rebranded as Sea Ltd after it secured USD 550 million funding. The name draws inspiration from, as you might expect, their operating region of Southeast Asia, and also the very ocean that connects us, which symbolizes their motto of “connect the dots”. Garena is a brand that is beloved across our game ecosystem, our Shopee brand has...
Mar 26, 2021 · With a PhD in Computer Science and a comfortable career as an Associate Professor at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University, it would have been safe to assume David Chen would see out the remainder of his career in academia and groom the next generation of tech talent.
David Chen is our co-founder and serves as the chief product officer of Shopee. He was formerly chief of staff, a position he held from January 2017 to December 2019. Prior to that, David served as our chief operating officer from our inception in May 2009 to December 2016.
Jul 17, 2020 · David Chen is the chief product officer at e-commerce arm Shopee. Courtesy of Sea Ltd. Singapore-headquartered gaming and e-commerce firm Sea, best known for super-hit mobile game...
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Feb 21, 2024 · David Chen, previously CEO of the Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) firm Atome, has stepped down to join Indonesia’s GoTo Financial as Head of Consumer Lending.
Dr David Chen Ziyou. Co-lead, Community Eye Care, Centre for Innovation & Precision Eye Health Associate Consultant, Department of Ophthalmology, National University Hospital Associate Consultant, Healthy Ageing Programme (Age Better), Alexandra Hospital MBBS (S'pore), MMed (Ophth), FRCOphth, FAMS
