[1][2][3] Li is the oldest son of Lee Hsien Loong, the former Prime Minister of Singapore, and Ho Ching, the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Temasek Holdings.
In his email, which exceeded 2,000 words in length, Li criticised the "quality control of officers" in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and asserted that the absent colleague's continued service in the organisation was "an embarrassment".
The Ministry of Defence found that Li had violated the chain of command by sending that email, and formally charged and reprimanded him after a summary trial.
[9][10][11] In 2019, Li founded OGP, a new division within GovTech, with the goal of rapidly building and deploying software products across the Singapore Government.
Some of the products produced by OGP include: Despite being born in the Lee family that has two prime ministers of Singapore, Li had stated that he has "no interest in politics".