SymAsia CEO Young Jin Yee tells Hong Xinyi how a new generation of Singapore philanthropists is changing the charity landscape.
Before she got into wealth management, Young Jin Yee was a teen athlete. There is still more than a trace of the former gymnast in this career banker, who is the picture of straight-backed, squared-shoulder poise. Jin Yee migrated from Taiwan to Singapore with her family when she was five years old, and became a citizen when she was chosen to compete in the Southeast Asian Games in the 1990s. “I didn’t win anything, but it was a great experience,” she remembers. “It was good training for my mindset and discipline.”
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