26/10/2020

Fortune Names Ho Ching 20th Most Powerful Woman Outside Of US

Update 9 Dec 2021: Forbes names Ho Ching as 33rd most powerful woman in the world
Forbes #33 Ho Ching

#33 Ho Ching:
  • Ho Ching was the CEO of Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek from 2004 to 2021, and helped its portfolio grow to more than $313 billion.
  • In October 2021, Ho Ching was named the next chairman of the Temasek Trust, the entity responsible for Temasek's philanthropic endowments.
  • Temasek was one of the main investors in a $14 billion dollar fundraising round by Ant Financial, an affiliate of Alibaba.
  • Ho is also the wife of Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.


Only S’porean To Make The Cut
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Fortune has released the 2020 edition of its Most Powerful Women Outside the United States, where a total of 50 women were shortlisted.

The top three on the list are: Emma Walmsley from the United Kingdom, who is also the CEO of GlaxoSmithKline, Jessica Tan, CEO of China’s Ping An Group, and Ana Botín, Executive Chairman of Spain’s Banco Santander.

According to Fortune, it “scans the globe” every year, to highlight the most powerful women in business based outside the United States. The list was created 20 years ago, and takes into consideration the size and health of a woman’s business, the arc of her career, as well as her societal and cultural influence.


#23 Ho Ching
Executive Director and CEO, Temasek

Ho Ching has been at Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek for 17 years and has helped its portfolio grow to over $313 billion.

Temasek was one of the main investors in a $14 billion dollar fundraising round by Ant Financial, an affiliate of Alibaba.

Ho opened offices in San Francisco in 2018 and poured over a quarter of Temasek's money into sectors like life sciences, tech and agribusiness.

Ho is also the wife of Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.


After 17 years as CEO of Temasek Holdings, Ms Ho Ching finally stepped down on 1 Oct 2021
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