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Edward Yee

Election Year: 2019

Election Constituency: Singapore

Scholar Status: Scholar Alum

Rhodes Identifier: Singapore & St Catherine's 2019

Edward Yee

Biography

Edward Yee is a serial social entrepreneur whose career uniquely bridges impact, finance, and technology. He co-founded ventures like Givfunds, an impact investment fund, and nsave, a fintech focused on financial inclusion. His ventures have attracted funding from prominent backers including Sequoia Capital, UNDP, Y Combinator, and SV Angel. A Rhodes Scholar, Edward holds two master’s degrees from Oxford and was the Valedictorian of his class at Nanyang Technological University. His contributions have earned him recognition as an Obama Leader, the Commonwealth Youth Award for Asia, and a spot on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. In his free time, Edward enjoys sticking his nose in a book and collecting stories from around the world. He has stood on Bangladeshi train tops, rappelled waterfalls in Vietnam, and raced Indian “autos”.