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Temasek Holdings

Temasek Holdings is an investment company owned by the government of Singapore. Temasek is one of a few global firms with the highest corporate credit ratings by both Standard & Poor's and Moody's, of AAA and Aaa respectively.

Chairman / President

Lim Boon Heng

CEO / Managing Director

Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara

CFO / Finance Director

Kevin Cheong

Industry

Investment Management

Website

temasek.com.sg

Headquarters address

Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited,28 Orchard Road,Temasek Holdings,Singapore 238832

Year founded

1974

Bonnie Chan Yiting (centre), CEO of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, with (left to right) Li Yi, chairman of Beijing 51WORLD Digital Twin Technology; Alex Zhavoronkov, chairman and CEO of Insilico Medicine; Li Zhichen, chairman and CEO of OneRobotics (Shenzhen); Sun Laichun, chairman of Shanghai Forest Cabin Cosmetics Group; Geng Dawei, executive director and general manager of Shenzhen Xunce Technology; and Brian B.Y.Chen, chairman of USAS Building System (Shanghai). The six companies began trading on the Hong Kong exchange on December 30. Photo: Sun Yeung

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Temasek Holdings invests around US$13.7 million in combined shareholdings in WeRide and Pony.ai. Photo: Shutterstock

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OK Lim, founder of oil trading group Hin Leong, speaks during an interview in Singapore in 2013. Photo: Reuters

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