Gang Ye Taipan, Garena Boss and Shopee are said to be providing private jet facilities to Kaesang-Erina

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Tycoon and CEO of SEA Limited, Gang Ye, is suspected to be the figure who provided private jet facilities to President Jokowi’s children and son-in-law, Keasang Pangarep and Erina Gudono. SEA Limited is a Singapore company that monitors giants e-commerce A shopkeeper and Garena, the product business unit game populer free fire.

One of the sources Tempo Shopee Indonesia cannot confirm whether the private jet Kaesang was traveling on was connected to the SEA Group. “From 2021, all executive vehicles for directors will no longer exist,” he said.

Meanwhile, another Shopee employee, who declined to be named, admitted that the SEA Group had been very close to the Solo family in the past three years. In addition, Shopee now has two offices in Solo, namely at Solo Paragon Mall and Solo Technopark. The issue of the private jet that Kaesang and Erina were traveling on, this source said, was also a topic of discussion among staff.

“It seems possible that the private jet is owned by Shopee executives,” the source said.

Before that, Indonesian netizens celebrated Kaesang and Erina who traveled to the United States using a private jet. Their departure coincided with thousands of Indians demonstrating against the Regional Election Bill, which was seen as an attempt to pave the way for Kaesang to participate in the upcoming regional elections.

Netizens also discovered that the private jet Kaesang-Erina was traveling on was a Gulfstream G650ER with registration number N588SE. Then a netizen posted a piece of document showing that the owner of the Gulfstream G650ER N588SE is Garena Online (Private) Ltd, a business unit of the Sea Group.

So, what exactly is the figure of the tycoon Gang Ye, head of Garena and Shopee who is said to have provided private jet facilities for Kaesang and Erina?

Gang Ye’s profile

Gang Ye is a Singaporean tycoon who is one of the founders and chief executives of the SEA Group. Launching from Forbeshe founded the company with Forrest Li and David Chen. It also has assets of about US$3.3 billion or about 51 trillion as of August 26, 2024.

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Building on the official website of SEA Limited, in addition to being the founder, Gang Ye has also been a member of the board of directors of SEA Group since March 2010. He has been the Chief Operating Officer (COO ) of SEA from January 2017 and held the position of Chief Technology Officer (CTO) from March 2010 to December 2016.

Gang Ye previously worked at the Singapore Economic Development Board. He also worked for the palm oil company Wilmar International. Gang Ye is a Bachelor of Science graduate in Computer Science and Economics from Carnegie Mellon University.

In his business, Gang Ye is supported by Tencent, which also has a large interest in SEA Group. The company, which operates in the media and entertainment sector, has also attracted several large investors to finance the company’s work. Among them are the private equity firm General Atlantic and the son of Malaysian billionaire Robert Kuok, Kuok Khoon Hua.

Reporting from Forbes, SEA posted its first annual net profit of US$ 163 million in 2023. In addition to e-commerce and online gaming, SEA also expanded by launching digital banking services in Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines through Seabank.

There is a son here contributed to the writing of this article.

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