Last updated 7/1/2026

Forrest LiNet Worth Estimate

Estimated Range$8.5B - $11.5B$8,500,000,000 - $11,500,000,000

Forrest Li's wealth is mainly his Sea Limited stake. The best public filing shows about 50.7 million economically owned Sea shares plus 13.5 million exercisable options as of March 31, 2025. A reasonable current estimate is $8.5 billion to $11.5 billion, with wider uncertainty because current share-price and ownership updates were not available in this run.

FLForrest LiFounder of Sea Limited / Singapore

Drivers

Wealth Breakdown

6 reviewed sources2 high-quality sources

Wealth composition$8,078,587,8352 sources

Founder equity1 input · 2 sources · 70/100 confidenceIncluded$6,787,612,835

Founder equity options1 input · 2 sources · 62/100 confidenceIncluded$1,290,975,000

Not Counted Directly

External estimateContext only · $11,200,000,000Company performanceContext only · $162,700,000

Estimate

Current Assessment

The cleanest evidence is Sea Limited's 2024 annual filing. It shows Li controls Sea through Class B shares and voting proxies, but many of those proxy shares belong to other owners and should not be counted as his personal wealth. Counting the shares he owns through wholly controlled entities and the intrinsic value of his exercisable options gives a multi-billion-dollar Sea equity position. Forbes-derived 2025 rich-list data placed him at $11.2 billion, which is consistent with a higher market-price scenario but is weaker evidence than the company filing.

Key caveats

The estimate depends heavily on Sea's share price, and the latest sourced price proxy in this run was from March 2025, not July 2026.
Voting control is not the same as economic ownership; proxy shares are excluded from the estimate.
No reliable public evidence was found for personal debt, tax liabilities, real estate or large private investments.

Evidence gaps

Current NYSE:SE price on July 1, 2026
Updated ownership after March 31, 2025
Direct Forbes or Bloomberg profile access
Any disclosed share sales, pledges or margin loans

Confidence

Low confidence

58/100

Important source, ownership, or liability gaps materially limit the estimate reliability.

Key Evidence Gaps

Current NYSE:SE closing price or reliable market quote as of July 1, 2026.
Any Sea filing, ownership table, insider transaction disclosure, pledge disclosure, or other evidence after March 31, 2025 affecting Li or Blue Dolphins Venture Inc.
Direct Forbes or Bloomberg wealth profile with estimate date and methodology notes.
Exact strike composition and exercisability status for the 13.5 million options included in the beneficial-ownership note.
Evidence for Li's personal liabilities, margin loans, taxes due on option exercise, real estate, private investments, or realized sale proceeds.

Public Caveats

This estimate is low confidence because the latest supplied Sea share-price input is from March 2025, not July 1, 2026.
Sea's primary ownership disclosure used here is as of March 31, 2025; later ownership changes, share sales, pledges, or exercises were not verified in the supplied artifacts.
Proxy shares supporting Li's voting control are excluded from personal wealth unless separate economic ownership is shown.
The $11.2 billion external comparison is Forbes-derived via an aggregator and was not verified directly from Forbes or Bloomberg.

Range Model

Scenario Spread

Conservative

$7.0B - $9.0B

Base

$8.5B - $11.5B

Aggressive

$11.0B - $13.0B

Uncertainty Drivers

No fresh July 1, 2026 Sea share price was accessible in the sources gathered for this run.
No post-March-31-2025 Form 20-F-equivalent beneficial ownership update was found.
Li's proxy voting shares are large and easy to misread as economic ownership; they are excluded here.
The exact strike composition of the 13.5 million exercisable options within 60 days is inferred rather than explicitly itemized in the beneficial-ownership note.
Forbes/Bloomberg current profile pages were not accessible; available external estimate evidence is derivative.

Evidence

Reviewed Signals

Signal	Value	Confidence
Disclosed executive cash compensation pool Sea disclosed $2.96 million of cash compensation for all directors and executive officers as a group in 2024.	$2,960,000	65/100
Forbes-derived external wealth estimate Forbes-derived Singapore rich-list estimate places Li at $11.2 billion in 2025.	$11,200,000,000	45/100
Founder voting control Li has 59.1% voting power through Class B shares and proxies, but proxy shares are excluded from economic wealth unless ownership is separately shown.	59.1% voting power; 47.9 million proxy shares excluded from wealth	92/100
Sea option intrinsic value at March 2025 price proxy 13.5 million exercisable options valued net of exercise price using a conservative strike mix inferred from Sea's outstanding-awards table.	$1,290,975,000	62/100
Direct Sea shareholding value at March 2025 price proxy 50,672,705 economically owned Sea ordinary shares multiplied by $133.95 per ADS/share.	$6,787,612,835	70/100
Founder and CEO role Li is the founder, chairman and CEO of Sea Limited, the source of substantially all identified wealth.	Founder, Chairman and CEO	96/100

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