Profil Financier
John Lim occupe actuellement le rang #2676 du classement mondial StarFortune (secteur immobilier). Fortune nette estimée : $1.5 B (+$235 sur 24h).
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 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.