Race Wong was born Wong Yuen Pui on 7 September 1982 in Kuala Lumpur and grew up in Singapore. From 2002 to 2009 she sang in the Cantopop duo 2R with her sister Rosanne. The duo won several awards between 2003 and 2006.
After the music years she moved into finance. In 2011 she became a marketing manager at Maybank Kim Eng Securities in Hong Kong and was licensed to trade equities. She studied part time at the University of Newcastle and earned a Master of Business in marketing in 2013.
Around age 30 she returned to Singapore. In 2013 she and her sister Rhonda set up Anthill Realtors. In 2016 they co-founded Ohmyhome, a property platform for home buyers, sellers, landlords and tenants.
Ohmyhome went public on Nasdaq in March 2023, raising about $11.2 million at $4 per share. In March 2025 it did a one-for-ten reverse share consolidation. In June 2025 it sold its Ohmyhome (BVI) subsidiary for $1 after waiving S$19 million of debt, and shifted its focus to digital marketing.