News
April 16, 2026
In a celebratory year for the JPMorganChase Corporate Challenge Series, the Singapore stop continues to be a popular location in the enduring worldwide circuit.
The 3.5-mile (5.6km) road race registered an impressive crowd of almost 13,500 participants from 438 companies, an 8% increase from 2025. That is more than double the gathering of the first Singapore Corporate Challenge—6,800 participants from 261 companies—back in 2004.
“This year marks the 21st edition of our JPMorganChase Corporate Challenge in Singapore and we look forward to many more years of bringing together companies in the spirit of camaraderie, health and well-being,” said Wai Mei Hong, Senior Country Officer for J.P. Morgan Singapore.
“The run celebrates community and teamwork. It’s a wonderful evening of bonding with clients and colleagues over fitness, food and fun.”
Singapore was the second stop in the 2026 JPMorganChase Corporate Challenge Series, which is commemorating its 50th consecutive year of operation, including 48 years of in-person competition and two years of virtual (2020-21) during the COVID pandemic. The Series debuted with a single event in New York City on July 13, 1977.
The largest companies in terms of participants at the 2026 Singapore event were event owner and operator JPMorganChase (1,591 participants), SAP (239), Jacobs International Consultants (231), Visa (220), United Microelectronics (200), DSM-Firmenich (179), BNP Paribas (172), Chevron (160), Amazon (160), BlackRock (150), and GIC (150).
"JPMorganChase Corporate Challenge has been an annual fixture in Jacobs calendar of company events for as long as I can remember,” said Yeo Puay Khoon, Team Captain for the international technical professional services firm. “Many of our staff look forward to this event every year as an opportunity to bond with existing colleagues and meet new ones over a healthy and meaningful afternoon. At Jacobs, we believe in ‘We do things right’ and this event aligns perfectly with our desire to care for our community and to make a positive impact."
This year’s fastest runner was Pierre-Louis Gstalter from Qube Research and Technologies, who won the male individual title with a time of 18:24 (5:15 mile pace). In top spot for the women was DBS Bank’s Eleanor Tay, whose time was 23:26 (6:12 mile pace).
Keeping with tradition, JPMorganChase will donate on behalf of all participants to non-profit organization, HWA, formerly known as Handicaps Welfare Association. Through its work, HWA helps to enhance the quality of life for the elderly and persons with disabilities, by providing services such as wheelchair-accessible transportation, rehabilitation, home care and social services. Thirty-three of the organization’s representatives and beneficiaries, and their caregivers, successfully completed a shortened race route on this night.
The 50th year of the JPMorganChase Corporate Challenge Series continues on Thursday, May 7, in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas—the first 2026 stop in the United States. That will begin the busiest stretch of the Series year with seven locations visited in 49 days.