Shopee

Shopee Pte. Ltd.
Shopee
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryE-commerce
Founded5 February 2015; 9 years ago (2015-02-05)
Queenstown, Singapore
Headquarters5 Science Park Drive, Shopee Building, Singapore 118265
Area served
Southeast Asia & Latin America[1]
Key people
Forrest Li (Founder)
Chris Feng (CEO)[2]
ParentSea Limited
SubsidiariesShopee Japan Co., Ltd[3]
Websiteshopee.com

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.[4]

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.[5] This figure represents nearly half of the total GMV of the Southeast Asian market.[6] The platform also facilitates online buying and selling for consumers and sellers in East Asia and Latin America.[7][8][9]

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