SEA (NYSE:SE) Limited (NYSE: SE) is a Singapore-based consumer internet company that operates a trio of interconnected businesses across digital entertainment, e-commerce and digital financial services. Founded in 2009 as Garena and later rebranded as Sea, the company is headquartered in Singapore and listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Sea positions itself as a technology platform focused on enabling online consumers, merchants and developers primarily across Southeast Asia and adjacent markets.
Sea’s digital entertainment arm, Garena, is a game developer and publisher that also organizes esports initiatives and operates online gaming platforms. Garena publishes popular mobile titles, most notably Free Fire, and supports a wider ecosystem of game distribution and community engagement. Shopee, Sea’s e-commerce business, is a mobile-first online marketplace that offers consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer sales along with logistics, marketing and seller services to facilitate cross-border and local commerce. SeaMoney provides digital financial services, including mobile wallet functionality, payments processing and consumer-facing financial products aimed at improving access to digital payments and credit for consumers and merchants.
Sea’s operations are concentrated in Southeast Asia, with notable presence in markets such as Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Taiwan, and it has expanded into other regions including parts of Latin America. The company has pursued an integrated strategy of investing in logistics, payments infrastructure and localized services to support its marketplaces and gaming platforms. Forrest Li, who founded Garena, serves as Sea’s chairman and chief executive officer, guiding the company’s development as a multi-product internet platform aimed at serving emerging digital economies.
