Lee Kean Yew, was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Prior to completing his PhD in Economics and Administration at Asia-Europe Institute, University Malaya, he is a academic director of Centre for Malaysia Chinese Studies undertakes scholarly work on Malaysia with special focus on the Chinese community and publishes its findings in books, conference proceedings or its bilingual journal. 

At the same time, he has been promoted as one of the associate researchers and associate members at both Department of Chinese Studies and Malaysian Chinese Research Centre (MCRC), University of Malaya by focusing in the research of overseas Chinese business and cultural studies. One of his job tasks is to promote mutual understanding and communication to tap the potential for cooperation between Malaysian Chinese and overseas companies. 

His research interests include entrepreneurial economics, innovation management, Chinese business studies, Asian ethnicity and development studies. His aim is to promote the interactions between Malaysian firms and governments, foster closer links among Malaysian and international business, thus contributing to the overall development of Malaysian-European or Malaysian-China economic and trade relations. He joined the International Council of Small Business (ICSB) since last year to promote the growth and development of small businesses in Malaysia. 

Besides, he has also earned a one year diploma in Buddhist studies affiliated with Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka.

李健友(JOHN LEE KEAN YEW)，出生于马来西亚吉隆坡，祖籍惠州客家人，家族企业第二代接班人，毕业于马来亚大学亚欧研究院经济管理博士。现任马来亚大学中文系副研究员、马来亚大学华人研究中心学术成员、马来西亚华社研究中心（华研）学术董事等职务。李博士于2018年荣获第11届“崇越论文大赏”最佳论文奖。他多次受邀参与了马来西亚、中国、英国、美国、澳大利亚等地区举办的国际学术会议, 发表的多篇论文皆被收录在WOS及SCOPUS社会科学论文索引资料库。在“一带一路倡议”迈入十周年之际，李博士与马来西亚拉曼理工大学的学者合著《十年成就：中国“一带一路倡议”对马来西亚经济增长的贡献》（2023年），以及英文专著《隐性中的新知识: 马来西亚华人家族企业创新》（Routledge，2024）。他的研究领域包括华人家族企业、企业精神与创新管理、华侨华人研究、中国-马来西亚经济发展研究等。