Tan Jee Say

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tan Jee Say
Occupation	Singaporean Politician
Date Of Birth	Feb 12, 1954(1954-02-12)
Age	70
Country	Singapore
Horoscope	Aquarius

Tan Jee Say Biography

Tan Jee Say is one of the most popular and richest Singaporean Politician who was born on February 12, 1954 in Singapore. Tan Jee Say (born 12 February 1954) is a Singaporean investor adviser politician, politician and an ex-civil employee. Tan serves as the Secretary-General of Singaporeans First & the founder of Singaporeans First.

Tan suggested that Singapore change its focus from manufacturing towards the services sector. Tan argued”that “we should not promote manufacturing because it requires a lot of land and labour. But Singapore is short of land and labour… We want to promote, we want to use our land, limited tax incentives… promoting services sector such as medical, health sectors, education, creative industries.” Tan’s idea was rejected by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yuw who challenged his credentials. Lee stated that the manufacturing sector can be described as more “steady” compared to the “volatile” services sector. In reply, Tan pointed out that his ideas were endorsed by Lord Butler of Brockwell, British Cabinet Secretary from 1988 until 1998. He challenged Lee’s claim that the manufacturing industry is more stable, citing a study conducted in 2009 of Ministry of Trade and Industry economists that concluded that the service sector in general has fairly low level of volatility.

In July 2011, Tan resigned from the SDP and announced his candidacy for the 2011 presidential election.

Tan joined the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) in April 2011 due to his “dismay” at Singapore’s society and economy. In the 7 May 2011 Singaporean general election, Tan contested the Holland-Bukit Timah GRC.

He was later appointed as the Deputy Goh Chok Tong’s main secretary from the year 1985 until 1990.

Tan Jee Say Net Worth

Tan Jee Say is one of the richest Singaporean Politician from Singapore. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tan Jee Say 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Tan was in the public service for eleven years, which included six years working in the Ministry of Trade and Industry from 1979 until 1985. He became the Deputy Director of Economic and Manpower Planning. He was also Secretary to Albert Winsemius, the government’s economic advisor.

In the course of the campaign, Senior Secretary Goh Chok Tong said that Tan was dismissed from the civil service due to the fact that Goh “did not think he could make it as a permanent secretary.” Tan denied Goh’s assertions and said that he thought of leaving his civil services in the year 1984, after the expiration of his scholarship bond however, he was enticed by Goh to take on the role of the chief Private Secretary (PPS). After five years of serving as Goh’s PPS, Tan said he declared his intention to quit to return in a letter that Goh agreed to accept.

He left the civil service in 1990 and entered the finance industry, where he has worked for more than a decade. Tan became director of corporate finance of Deutsche Morgan Grenfell in 1990. He then became head of Peregrine Capital Singapore in 1994. He was regional managing director for AIB Govett, an asset management company, from 1997 to 2001. Tan was subsequently appointed as a Regional Director for ACCA in the Asia Pacific region in 2006.

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Who is Tan Jee Say Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Tan Ranked on the list of most popular Singaporean Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Singapore. Tan Jee Say celebrates birthday on February 12 of every year.