Portrait of Ron Sim

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Ron Sim

Net worth $2.3B

Retail · Singapore

Born
Dec 01, 1958
Age
67
Source
Retail
Residence
Singapore
Citizenship
Singapore
Marital status
Married
Children
3
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Ron Sim is the founder of OSIM International, maker of high-end massage chairs.
  • He took the company private in 2016 when its shares had dropped steeply from their 2014 high.
  • In both 2018 and 2022, V3 Brands Asia, part of his V3 Group, filed for an IPO in Hong Kong but shelved it due to market volatility.
  • He owns a majority stake in the popular Bacha Coffee, a more than century-old Moroccan cafe chain, in Singapore.
  • Sim also has a sizable property portfolio that includes a stake in Perennial Holdings, which was taken private in 2020.
  • At age 20, he started a company that sold knife sharpeners and other household goods.
  • Sim has founded R3 Asset Management to back fast-growing companies.
  • His Futuristic brand supplies wooden and metal store fixtures to a range of retailers from Levi's to Gap to Bath & Body Works.
  • His fortune also includes stakes in listed companies such as GHY Media (a film production and distribution company) and Jumbo (a seafood restaurant chain).
  • In April 2025 Bahca opened its first European flagship in Paris.

Financial assets

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