Sea SE
About
Sea Limited runs Shopee, a Southeast Asian e-commerce marketplace, Garena games including Free Fire, and the digital bank SeaMoney.
What tends to move the stock
Shopee's growth against competition from TikTok Shop and Lazada, plus lending credit quality, are the key items.
Revenue per employee
102,700 employees as of 2025/FY (+27.3% YoY). Revenue per employee is total revenue divided by headcount — a rough productivity gauge, not a per-worker pay figure.
Management team
Gang Ye is our co-founder and has been a member of the board of directors of Sea Limited since March 2010. Gang has served as our Chief Operating Officer since January 2017 and served as our Chief Technology Officer between March 2010 and December 2016. He previously worked at Wilmar International and the Economic Development Board of Singapore. Gang holds B.S. degrees in Computer Science and Economics from Carnegie Mellon University.
David Y Ma has served as our director since May 2023. He previously worked at Sea as the Chief Investment Officer of Sea Capital from March 2021 to April 2023. He was the founder and Managing Partner of Composite Capital, a global investment management firm. Previously he served as a partner at Hillhouse Capital, and worked at Bain Capital and Boston Consulting Group. David holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance, and Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Yanjun Wang is our Chief Corporate Officer, general counsel and company secretary. Yanjun has served as our Chief Corporate Officer since May 2019, company secretary since November 2017 and general counsel since March 2014. Prior to joining our company, Yanjun was an attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Kirkland & Ellis. She is qualified to practice law in the State of New York. She holds a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School and a B.A. degree in Economics from Harvard University.
Khoon Hua Kuok has served as our director since October 2017. He currently serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kerry Properties Limited (a listed company in Hong Kong). Khoon Hua is the Chairman of Kerry Holdings Limited and a Director of Kerry Group Limited and Kuok (Singapore) Limited. He also serves as the Vice Chairman and a Non-Executive Director of KLN Logistics Group Limited (a listed company in Hong Kong), a Non-Executive and Non-Independent Director of Wilmar International Limited (a listed company in Singapore) and an independent non-executive director of DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited. He is also a member of the Council of the University of Hong Kong. Khoon Hua holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Harvard University in the United States.
Terry Feng Zhao has been with our company since our inception in 2009 and has served as the President of Garena since November 2018. Prior to assuming his current role, Terry has also served in a number of senior roles in our digital entertainment business across several key markets. Terry holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering with first class honors from Nanyang Technological University.
Tony Tianyu Hou joined our company in September 2010 and has served as our financial controller, and subsequently as our Chief Financial Officer since January 2013. He previously served as our director from February 2018 to August 2024. Before joining us, Tony was an audit senior manager at Ernst & Young, where he worked from October 2000 to September 2010 in both China and the U.S. Tony is a non-practicing U.S. Certified Public Accountant and a non-practicing member of the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He holds an M.B.A. degree from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business and a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Fudan University.
David Jingye 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. He previously held positions at PSA Corporation Limited. David holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering with first class honors from the National University of Singapore.
Chris Zhimin Feng joined our company in March 2014 and has served as President since January 2022. Prior to this role, he served as the chief executive officer of Shopee from July 2015, and as the chief executive officer of Monee from March 2020. Previously he served as our head of mobile business. Before joining our company, Chris worked at Rocket Internet SE, where he served in management roles at Zalora and Lazada, and at McKinsey & Company. Chris holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science with first class honors from the National University of Singapore.
Forrest Xiaodong Li is our founder and has served as the Chairman of Sea Limited and our Chief Executive Officer since our inception in May 2009. He is President of the Football Association of Singapore, and a member of the National University of Singapore Board of Trustees. He also serves as an independent non-executive director of Shangri-La Asia Limited and sits on the Advisory Council of Stanford Graduate School of Business. 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.
Jessica Sin Yin Tan has served as our director since August 2024. Jessica is currently Group Executive Vice President and President for Sun Life Canada. Prior to that, she was the Group co-CEO and Executive Director of Ping An Group between January 2013 and December 2023. Prior to joining Ping An Group, Jessica was a global partner at McKinsey & Company from June 2000 to December 2012 in its United States and Asia offices. She is also on the boards of the Coincheck Group, Singapore Central Provident Fund, Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association and AGE-WELL in Canada. Jessica is a member of the advisory panel of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Singapore National Healthcare Group. Jessica holds a master's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and two Bachelor's degrees in Electrical Engineering and Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Silvio Savarese has served as our director since August 2024. Dr. Savarese currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Scientist of Salesforce Research where he leads the AI Research organization and various AI related investments and shapes its scientific direction and long-term AI strategy. He has been in this position since April 2021. In 2026, Dr. Savarese was appointed to the United Nations Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence. Dr. Savarese has also been an adjunct professor of Computer Science at Stanford University since April 2021, and was previously an associate professor with tenure from April 2017 to April 2021 and an assistant professor from September 2013 to April 2017. Prior to Stanford, he was an assistant professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Michigan from 2008 to 2013. Dr. Savarese earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology.
David Heng Chen Seng has served as our director since October 2017. David is the Chief Executive Officer of Temasek Trust Asset Management, a Singapore based global asset management firm established by Temasek Trust. Under his leadership, Temasek Trust Asset Management operates two core investment units - ABC Impact and Temasek Trust Capital. David has over 30 years of experience in the investment industry. Over a span of 14 years, David held senior leadership roles in Singapore-headquartered global investment company Temasek, including head of consumer and real estate and co-head of China. Prior to Temasek, David was with Deutsche Bank AG. He currently serves as a director at SeaTown Holdings, the Centre for Impact Investing and Practices, The Temasek Shophouse and Leap 201. He also sits on the investment committees of ABC Impact and SeaTown. David holds an M.B.A. degree from the University of Hull (United Kingdom) and a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Canterbury (New Zealand).
From SEC filings, via Futu. Compensation is total reported pay for the most recent fiscal year on file, not base salary alone.
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