Rank #3047
John Lim
Net worth $1.2B
Real estate · Singapore
- Born
- Jun 28, 1956
- Age
- 69
- Source
- Real estate
- Residence
- Singapore
- Citizenship
- Singapore
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Bachelor of Engineering, National University of Singapore
Net worth over time
Biography
- John Lim cofounded real estate fund manager ARA Asset Management in 2002, at age 45, with the backing of Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing.
- In 2016, Lim, along with U.S. private equity firm Warburg Pincus and China's AVIC Trust, took ARA private from the Singapore Stock Exchange in a $1.3 billion buyout.
- In 2022, Hong Kong-based real asset manager ESR Group acquired ARA for $5.2 billion in stock and cash.
- In July 2025, a consortium led by Starwood Capital Group and other investors took ESR private from the Hong Kong stock exchange in a deal that valued it at $7.1 billion.
- Lim, who sold out his small stake in ESR Group and resigned from the board, now is the chairman of his JL Family Office.
- He has been the chairman of the Asia Pacific Real Assets Association since 2017.
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