Shopee | |
Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | E-commerce |
Founded | 5 February 2015 Queenstown, Singapore |
Headquarters | 5 Science Park Drive, Shopee Building, Singapore 118265 |
Area served | Southeast Asia & Latin America[1] |
Key people | Forrest Li (Founder CEO and Chairman) Chris Feng (President) Terence Pang (COO) |
Parent | Sea Limited |
Subsidiaries | Shopee Japan Co., Ltd[2] |
Website | shopee |
Shopee Pte. Ltd., trading as Shopee, is a Singaporean multinational technology company that specializes in e-commerce. It operates as a subsidiary of Sea Limited. Shopee was founded in 2015 in Singapore, and subsequently expanded its operations to other countries.[3]
As of 2023, Shopee is recognized as the largest e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia, with a total gross merchandise volume (GMV) of $47.9 billion.[4] This figure represents nearly half of the total GMV of the Southeast Asian market.[5] The platform also facilitates online buying and selling for consumers and sellers in East Asia and Latin America.[6][7][8]