Sea Management
Management criteria checks 2/4
Sea's CEO is Forrest Li, appointed in May 2009, has a tenure of 16.83 years. directly owns 7.77% of the company’s shares, worth $3.89B. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 10.6 years and 8.4 years respectively.
Key information
Forrest Li
Chief executive officer
n/a
Total compensation
| CEO salary percentage | n/a |
| CEO tenure | 16.8yrs |
| CEO ownership | 7.8% |
| Management average tenure | 10.6yrs |
| Board average tenure | 8.4yrs |
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO
Forrest Li (47 yo)
Mr. Xiaodong Li, also known as Forrest, founded Garena Online Private Limited in 2009 and served as its Group Chief Executive Officer until 2024 and serves as Chief Executive Officer since 2024. Mr. Li fou...
Leadership Team
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Founder | 16.8yrs | no data | 7.77% $ 3.9b | |
| President | 4.2yrs | no data | 0.017% $ 8.7m | |
| Co-Founder | 9.2yrs | no data | 4.61% $ 2.3b | |
| Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer of Shopee | no data | no data | 1.55% $ 774.7m | |
| Chief Financial Officer | 13.2yrs | no data | no data | |
| Senior Manager of Investor Relations | no data | no data | no data | |
| Chief Corporate Officer | 12yrs | no data | no data | |
| President of Garena | 7.3yrs | no data | no data | |
| CEO of Office | no data | no data | no data |
Experienced Management: SED's management team is seasoned and experienced (10.6 years average tenure).
Board Members
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Founder | 16.8yrs | no data | 7.77% $ 3.9b | |
| Co-Founder | 16yrs | no data | 4.61% $ 2.3b | |
| Member of Advisory Board | no data | no data | no data | |
| Independent Director | 8.4yrs | no data | no data | |
| Member of Advisory Board | no data | no data | no data | |
| Independent Director | 1.6yrs | no data | no data | |
| Independent Director | 8.4yrs | no data | no data | |
| Director | 2.8yrs | no data | no data | |
| Independent Director | 1.6yrs | no data | no data |
Experienced Board: SED's board of directors are considered experienced (8.4 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2026/03/19 01:49 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2026/03/19 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2025/12/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2025/12/31 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
| Package | Data | Timeframe | Example US Source * |
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.
Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.
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Analyst Sources
Sea Limited is covered by 50 analysts. 27 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
|---|---|
| Nirgunan Tiruchelvam | Aletheia Analyst Network Limited |
| Angus Mackintosh | Aletheia Analyst Network Limited |
| Zixiao Yang | Arete Research Services LLP |