David Chen

$1.06B

$9.4M (0.9%)

as of 10/04/24

About David Chen

David Chen is a cofounder of Singapore-headquartered online gaming and e-commerce firm Sea, best known for its hit mobile game, Free Fire.

He is the chief product officer of Shopee, the e-commerce unit of the NYSE-listed company. Previously he was Sea's chief operating officer and chief of staff.

Chen cofounded Sea in 2009 with Forrest Li and Gang Ye.

In 2023, Sea booked its first-ever annual net profit since its IPO in 2017.

Sea has rolled out digital banking services in Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Singapore

Source of wealth

online games

Residence

Singapore, Singapore

Birth date

01/01/81 (age 43)

Education

Bachelor of Science, National University of Singapore

Self-made

self-made

David Chen’s fortune is worth

18K

troy ounces of gold

16K

median U.S. household

11K

median U.S. income

0.021%

U.S. credit card volume

0.004%

GDP of the United States

0.003%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

A computer engineer, Chen worked with Temasek-owned port operator PSA Corp before becoming an entrepreneur.