Lee Hsien Yang
Lee Hsien Yang (
Chinese: 李显扬,
Pinyin: Lǐ Xiǎnyáng, born
1957) is the second son of
Singapore's first prime minister
Lee Kuan Yew. He is currently the President of
Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel). Lee was the Chief Executive Officer from May
1995 to
21 July 2006 and will be stepping down as Chief Executive Officer, but will still remain in the position until a new Chief Executive Officer is appointed. He has ruled out a career in politics.
Like his brother
Lee Hsien Loong (the current Prime Minister of Singapore), Hsien Yang received the Singapore President's Scholarship and the
Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Merit Scholarship after finishing his secondary education, and went to study at
Cambridge University. He then returned to Singapore to serve in the armed forces, rising to the rank of Brigadier-General.
Lee married lawyer Lim Suet Fern, the daughter of Professor Lim Chong Yah, at Barker Road Methodist Church on
July 18 1981. The couple have three sons named Shengwu, Huanwu and Shaowu.
His eldest son, Li Shengwu, won the Angus Ross prize for the best English A-level paper in the Commonwealth. He was also the Professor Tommy Koh Award winner for the best humanities student at Raffles Junior College. He will soon be going to Oxford University to read politics, philosophy and economics.
