Forrest Li will long be adored by video gamers for bringing gaming to the masses in Asia.
What’s more, his rags-to-riches achievements have been nothing short of Singapore folklore proportions, not to mention what an extraordinary entrepreneur he has been.
But for a very long time, Forrest Li had been somewhat of a mysterious figure unless you’re a gaming enthusiast or in the investing and start-up community.
The media-shy innovator certainly appeared, at least in the early days of his entrepreneurship, contented to let his gaming platform, namely, Garena, do the talking.
Even when his shopping channel Shopee sprung onto the scene in 2015, not many people were aware that the brain behind Garena was also responsible for what would become one of Southeast Asia’s most successful e-commerce companies. It was ranked first in the Shopping category by average monthly active users.
He certainly didn’t appear to have the outspokenness of China’s Jack Ma,...