Tan Sri Dato' Lim Kok Thay born 1951 is a
prominent entrepreneur in Malaysia. He is the second son of Tan Lim Goh Tong,
the founder of the Genting Group and Puan Lee Kim Fa. Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay is
the chairman and Chief Executive of Genting Berhad, the holding company of the
Genting Group, a conglomerate which is involved in leisure & hospitality,
power generation, oil palm plantations, property development, biotechnology and
oil & gas business activities.
He is the co-founder of Genting Hong Kong
Limited, formerly known as Star Cruises Limited. Star Cruises, together with
Norwegian Cruise Line is the third largest cruise operator in the world, with a
combined fleet of 18 ships visiting over 200 destinations in the world, and
providing about 35,000 lower berths. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in
Civil Engineering from University of London, United Kingdom. He attended the
advanced management programme of Harvard Business School, Harvard University,
USA in 1979.
In 1976, he was appointed a director of
Genting Berhad.[6] Under the founder's and Kok Thay's stewardship, the Genting
Group grew from a single listed entity in 1971 to five listed entities
(comprising Genting Berhad), Genting Malaysia Berhad[8] and Genting Plantations
Berhad, which are listed on the main board of Bursa Malaysia; Genting Singapore
Plc which is listed on the main board of Singapore Exchange and Genting Hong
Kong, which is listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Yeoh Tiong Lay completed his secondary school education at Hin Hua High School in Klang, Malaysia. He is the father of Francis Yeoh, who is the eldest of his 7 children, all of whom are involved in the family business. He is one of the richest individuals in Malaysia; his family is estimated to have a net worth of US$ 2.8 billion, and he is ranked as the 421st richest person in the world according to Forbes in 2011. He was conferred the prestigious Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon by the Emperor of Japan for his efforts in promoting bilateral relations between Malaysia and Japan on 19 January 2008. He is currently one of the Pro-Chancellors of Universiti Malaysia Sabah in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah with Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Hj. Aman, the Chief Minister of Sabah.
Tan Sri Datuk Sir Hiew-king Tiong is the Malaysian Chinese founder and chairman of the Rimbunan Hijau Group, a timber company founded in 1975. Its overseas timber operations in Papua New Guinea is the largest in that country. He also has interests in logging operations in Russia.
Tan Sri Datuk
Tiong resides in Sibu, a town in Sarawak, of Borneo island that is part of
Malaysia. With a net worth of about US$1.8 billion, Tiong is ranked by Forbes
as the 840th richest person in the world.
Tan Heng Chew's fortune fell by more than $300 million as a price war and an oversupply in the region's car market hurt the family's Tan Chong Motor Holdings. His company assembles cars, makes parts, sells heavy machinery and operates Nissan and Renault dealerships. Tan is the executive chairman and shares fortune with brothers Eng Soon and Eng Hwa and other relatives. His late father, Tan Yuet Foh, was one of a group of brothers who started distributing cars in 1957; son Anthony cofounded GrabTaxi.
Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr. Teh Hong Piow), the Chairman of Public Bank Berhad in Malaysia, was born in Singapore on 14 March 1930. He attended his formal primary and secondary education at the Anglo-Chinese School in Singapore. He has been married to Puan Sri Tay Sock Noy since 1956 and they have four children - three daughters and a son. He began his banking career in 1950 as a Bank Clerk in Overseas-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd. and rose in rank to officer within five years. He joined Malayan Banking Berhad as Manager in 1960. Later in 1964, he was promoted to the position of General Manager at the young age of 34. Teh then left Malayan Banking in 1966 to set up Public Bank. One of Malaysia's wealthiest businessmen, Piow obtained three degrees at the unaccredited Pacific Western University and two PhDs at Clayton University (also unaccredited) and University Malaya. His net worth is estimated by Forbes to be US$4.7 billion, making him the 223rd richest person in the world and the 5th richest in Malaysia.
Longtime Malaysia resident Surin Upatkoon got his biggest break when he participated in the acquisition of a major stake in Multi-Purpose Holdings Bhd., which he later split into MPHB Capital, an insurance and real estate outfit. He increased his fortune through Thai telecom InTouch and sold a near 10% stake in 2013. He serves as managing director at gambling business Magnum and also owns a third of MPHB Capital. In 2014 he acquired prime seafront land in Johor. Upatkoon's eldest daughter, Ivevei, is MPHB's executive director. He's lived in Malaysia since 1965, when he arrived in Penang for school and stayed to work and then run his father's textile company.
Tatparanandam Ananda Krishnan (born 1938) is a Malaysian businessman and philanthropist. Nicknamed A K, currently he is estimated to have a net worth of US$11.7 billion according to Forbes' latest annual list of wealthiest people, making him the second wealthiest in Southeast Asia behind Robert Kuok, and number 82 in the world. Ananda Krishnan shuns public exposure and is known to maintain a low profile for a person of his stature. Ananda Krishnan was born in 1938 in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur's to Tamil parents, who were Sri Lankan origin. He studied at Vivekananda Tamil School in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur and furthered his studies at Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur. Later, as a Colombo Plan scholar, he attended the University of Melbourne, Australia for his B.A. (Honours) degree majoring in political science. During that time he boarded in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn. Following that, Krishnan obtained Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School, graduating in 1964. Krishnan has 2 daughters and 1 son.
Krishnan's
first entrepreneurial venture was a Malaysian consultancy MAI Holdings Sdn Bhd.
He set up Exoil Trading, which went on to purchase oil drilling concessions in
various countries. Later, he moved into gambling (in Malaysia). In the early
part of the 1990s, he started diversifying into the multimedia arena.
Currently, he has
business interests in media (Astro, Johnston Press Plc), satellite (MEASAT,
SES), oil and gas (Bumi Armada, Pexco), telecommunications (Maxis, Aircel,
Axis, Sri Lanka Telecom). He owns stakes in Tanjong Public Limited Company, an
investment holding company with subsidiaries involved in power generation
(Powertek), gaming (Pan Malaysian Pools), leisure (Tropical Islands, TGV
Cinemas) and property (67% Maxis Tower etc.).Dr. Lip Keong Chen serves as the President of FACB Industries Inc. Bhd. Tan Sri Dr. Chen is the Founder of NagaCorp Ltd., and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. He is the Owner of TanSriChen Inc. Tan Sri Dr. Chen has been the President of Karambunai Corp. Bhd since August 1, 2007. He has been the President of Petaling Tin Berhad since August 1, 2007. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Karambunai Corp. Bhd from December 22, 1992 to August 1, 2007. He served as the President of FACB Industries Inc. Bhd from August 3, 1994 to September 26, 2008 and as its Chief Executive Officer from August 3, 1994 to August 1, 2007. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Petaling Tin Berhad from April 15, 1997 to August 1, 2007. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Composite Technology Research Malaysia Sdn Bhd from 1995 to 2002 and responsible for the development of the Malaysian aerospace industry from design, certification to manufacturing. He has more than 28 years of corporate, managerial and business experience since 1976. He was an Economic Advisor to Samdech Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Cambodian Government since June 2001. Tan Sri Dr. Chen's had been with Resourceful Petroleum Ltd., has teamed up with PTTEP International Ltd of Thailand, Singapore Petroleum Company Ltd of Singapore and Cooper Energy Ltd of Australia to extract oil and gas in the Gulf of Siam. He served as the Chairman of the Board at FACB Industries Inc. Bhd from August 1, 2007 to September 2008. Tan Sri Dr. Chen served as an Executive Chairman of Petaling Tin Bhd from August 1, 2007 to September 2008. He serves as a Director of Ariston and NRCL. He serves as an Executive Director of NagaCorp Ltd. He serves as Non Independent Executive Director of FACB Industries Inc. Bhd since August 1, 2007. He serves as Non-Independent Executive Director of Karambunai Corp. Bhd He served as an Executive Director of Karambunai Corp. Bhd since January 31, 1991. He served as an Executive Director of Petaling Tin Berhad since April 15, 1997 until June 29th 2012. He has been conferred with various titles and awards including Darjah Indera Mahkota Pahang (which carries the title “Dato“), Darjah Sultan Salahuddin Aziz (which carries the title “Datuk“) and Panglima Setia Mahkota (which carries the title “Tan Sri“.). Tan Sri Dr. Chen holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from University of Malaya in 1973 (M.B.B.S. Malaya).
Dato' Seri Shahril bin Shamsuddin, aged 51, a Malaysian, was appointed to our Board as a Non-Independent Executive Director and President and Group CEO on 9 December 2011.
Dato' Seri Shahril bin Shamsuddin is also currently
the Group President and CEO of the Sapura Group which is involved in the oil
& gas services, secured communications technologies, property
development and management, industrial and automotive component
manufacturing, and education.
Dato' Seri Shahril bin Shamsuddin joined the Sapura
Group in 1985 and since then has assumed a number of senior
positions within the Group, taking over the reign as President and CEO in
1997. He succesfully steered the Sapura Group during the restructuring of
its businesses portfolio and its financials, where he made several key
decisions that involved the acquisition of companies and technologies. He
was also responsible for the strategic disposal of some assets
and businesses in line with the Sapura Group strategy for business
growth.
Prior to the Merger, Dato' Seri Shahril bin
Shamsuddin was appointed to the Board of SapuraCrest as a Non-Executive
Director and Executive Vice-Chairman on 24 February 2003 and 25 July 2003
respectively. Subsequently on 18 May 2011, his designation was changed to
Executive Vice-Chaiman and President. Dato' Seri Shahril bin Shamsuddin was
also a member of SapuraCrest's Remuneration Committee.
Appointments held by Dato' Seri Shahril bin
Shamsuddin at present include Deputy Chairman of Sapura Industrial Berhad,
Non-Executive Director of SRB and President and CEO of Sapura Secured
Technologies Sdn Bhd, a privately held division of the Sapura Group.
In addition to his positions within the Sapura
Group, Dato' Seri Shahril bin Shamsuddin is also a member of the Board of
Trustees of the Perdana Leadership Foundation.
Dato' Seri Shahril bin Shamsuddin received a Master
of Science in Management of Technology from the MIT Sloan School of
Management and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology from California
Polytechnic State University.
Tan
Sri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun (born 1952; 陳志遠, pinyin:
Chén Zhìyuǎn), better known as Vincent Tan, is a Malaysian businessman. He is
the owner and Chairman of Thera Sdn Bhd Berjaya Group. Forbes magazine listed
him in the club's billionaire 9th Malaysia with assets of RM4.2 billion.
On February 23, 2012, he announced his
retirement from belliau active corporate role in B-Corp, the leading company
Berjaya Group of Companies. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to his eldest son,
Datuk Robin Tan Yeong Ching. He dominated the successful Wire Berhad from
Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd originally, Australia and the National Iron
& Steel Mills, Singapore. 17,000 employees work with this giant company.
Owned subsidiary, Berjaya Group doing
business since 1984 as the newspaper The Sun. Conduct legitimate business
through successful licensed gambling Sport Toto Berhad, Pan Malaysian Pools Sdn
Bhd and Magnum Corporation Berhad.
Airlines Berjaya Air and Berjaya Hotel is a
company engaged hospitality industry, resort and small aircraft. Among them is
the Hotel Berjaya Tioman island. Brought tourists to the island of Tioman from
Subang Airport with the company Berjaya Air. Berjaya Air comes from the Pacific
Air Charter, which was established in 1989. Now the successful water carrying
passengers to the island of Pangkor, Redang, Tioman, Seletar Airport, Singapore
and Samui Airport at Koh Samui, Thailand.
Berjaya Hill Resort or Bukit Tinggi Resort
is a holiday resort in Bukit Tinggi, Pahang, next to Genting Highland. An area
of 16,000 acres located at the level of 2700 feet above sea level on the left
Karak Highway. The background of this resort is the Titiwangsa Range with
village theme and French architecture.
Tower Berjaya Times Square is located in
the golden triangle Pudu - Bukit Bintang, Jalan Imbi and Jalan Tun Dr Ismail,
Kuala Lumpur. Here lies the IMAX 3D cinema, Cosmos World, Border and
supermarkets Metrojaya. Kuala Lumpur Monorail system to contact the tower in
Imbi Station.
DiGi Telecommunication Company is the
operator of the 3rd mobile phones in Malaysia is important because 21% of the
cellular phone market.
Mitv a pay television company that tried to
break the monopoly Astro in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. U Television
Multimedia Super Corridor status by using the latest technology. However, these
companies do not succeed. Mitv using transmission provided by Runcom Technologies
Ltd - an Israeli company. U Television Networks Sdn Bhd operates in Subang
Hi-Tech, Shah Alam, Selangor. Mitv chairman Datuk Rosman Troy.
Informatics Education Ltd provide space and
opportunities for students to study at the certificate and diploma in computer
science, languages, accounting and others. Established since 1983 has 113
branches in 22 countries. Its chairman Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Dr. Abu
Hassan Othman. [2]
Hyundai Corp Bhd factory install Hyundai
vehicles from South Korea. Among the models produced were Lorimas Hyundai,
Chevrolet Aveo, Hyundai Accent, Hyundai Accent and Hyundai Santa Fe.
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Tan Sri Quek Leng Chan, born 1941, Singapore) is a Malaysian tycoon who
co-founded Hong Leong Group Malaysia. He is one of the richest men in Malaysia
with an estimated net worth of US$2.9 billion according to Forbes in 2007.
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Leng Chan studied in Victoria School in Singapore and is qualified as a
Barrister-at-Law from Middle Temple, United Kingdom. He has extensive business
experience in various sectors, including financial services, manufacturing and
real estate. He is the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Hong Leong
Company (Malaysia) Berhad (“HLCM”), Executive Chairman of Hong Leong Industries
Berhad (“HLI”), Hume Industries (Malaysia) Berhad (“HIMB”), Hong Leong
Financial Group Berhad, GuocoLand (Malaysia) Berhad, Camerlin Group Berhad and
Chairman of Hong Leong Bank Berhad, HLG Capital Berhad (“HLG”), Hong Leong
Assurance Berhad, Hong Leong Islamic Bank Berhad and Hong Leong Foundation
(“HLF”). Quek oversees the Malaysian operations of the Hong Leong Group while
his cousin and fellow billionaire Kwek Leng Beng oversees the Singapore
operations
Robert
Kuok Hock Nien, born 6 October 1923), is a Malaysian Chinese billionaire
businessman. According to Forbes his net worth is estimated at $10.5 billion on
Feb 2012, making him the richest person in Malaysia and second richest in
Southeast Asia after Dhanin Chearavanont of Thailand, according to Forbe's List
of World Billionaires 2013 which Robert Kuok was placed 76th. As of December
2012, According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Kuok has an estimated net
worth of 17.3 billion making him the 40th richest person in the world.
Kuok
is media-shy; most of his businesses are privately held by him or his family.
Apart from a multitude of businesses in Malaysia, his companies have
investments in many countries throughout Asia. His business interests range
from sugarcane plantations (Perlis Plantations Bhd), sugar refineries, flour
milling, animal feed, oil, mining, finance, hotels, properties, trading,
freight and publishing. Biggest source of wealth is stake in Wilmar
International, the world's largest listed palm oil company. He was a student
from Raffles Institution and English College Johore Bahru English collegian. Robert Kuok's son, Kuok Khoon Ean born
in 1955 married Kuok Cheng Sui and holds Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree in
Economics from University of Nottingham, England. His other son, Kuok Khoon Ho
is the Chairman of the Kuok Brothers, born in 1951 and holds Bachelor of
Commerce degree, from McGill University, Canada.
Robert
Kuok's brother, Tan Sri Dato' Philip Kuok Hock Khee a Malaysian Ambassador to
Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany, Yugoslavia, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg
and Denmark was born on 18 May 1921 and attended with Robert Kuok to English
College Johore Bahru before going to the College of Agriculture, Serdang and
later to the University of Malaya with a degree in Economics.
Tan
Sri Philip married Eileen Kuok and had two sons and two daughters, he died on
16 December 2003 and was awarded with Netherlands award of the Grand Cross of
the Order of Orange Nassau, and decorated with Dato' Sri Paduka Mahkota Johor
(SPMJ), Dato' Paduka Mahkota Johor (DPMJ) and Panglima Setia Mahkota (PSM). Kuok
has married twice and has eight children. Kuok officially retired from the
Kerry Group on 1 April 1993. One of his sons, Kuok Khoon Ean, now handles most
of the day-to-day operations of his businesses. He currently resides in Hong
Kong.
Dato’ Mokhzani Mahathir (born
January 1961) is the second son of Former Prime Minister of Malaysia Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamadand Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah. In
2012 Mokhzani Mahathir merged his Kencana Petroleum with SapuraCrest, run by
childhood friend Shahril Shamsuddin. He stepped down from an executive role in
January 2014 to concentrate on his other investments. The following month he
trimmed his stake in SapuraKencana, the country's largest oil-and-gas services
provider, to just over 10%, selling $248 million worth of shares. He sits on
the board of not only Sapura Kencana but also telecom giant Maxis and
fiber-optics cable company Opcom Holdings. He's a cornerstone investor in IHH
Healthcare and Astro Malaysia Holdings. But he focuses on the sector he knows
best, oil and gas, where he cut his teeth as a petroleum engineer out of
college. In July 2013, when news of his investment in another oil-services
company, Yinson Holdings, surfaced, its stock went on a tear. He is also the
chairman of the Sepang Circuit, which hosts the Formula 1 World Championship in
Malaysia.
Mokhzani
Mahathir falls out of the billionaire ranks, a victim of the global oil-price
collapse that cost him $500 million. Son of former Prime Minister Mahathir
started as an engineer for Shell and later built oil-and-gas
equipment-fabricating company Kencana Petroleum. It merged with an offshore
oil-and-gas services provider and his stake in the new company, Sapura Kencana
Petroleum, makes up the bulk of his fortune. A car racing enthusiast, he hosts
Malaysia's Formula One race, to be held on March 29 this year.
Syed Mokhtar and
Zainal started his business in Kedah in the 1990s dealing in rice. More success
followed and he moved to rice trading business. He worked even harder after he
was awarded the rice trading license from Lembaga Padi Negara, and was later
awarded successions of supplier contract government-linked corporations as
partner with Zainal Hatim Hj Ambia Bukhary.
As his
determination starting to skyrocket, he quickly moved to expand into
diversification of other businesses. His next big move was in the logistics
business, with initial goal to transport their trading materials. Today, his
business empire has grown into areas such as plantation, property development,
construction, engineering, power generation, infrastructure and ports.
He owns 51.8%
share in Malaysian Mining Corporation via his wholly owned company, Syarikat
seaport terminal (johore) sdn bhd,a subsidiary company Syarikat Indra Cita Sdn.
Bhd. Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar and Zainal Hatim personally owns SKS Ventures, which
was awarded the task of building the site for 2100MW coal-fired power station
at Tanjung Bin, Johor. Tan Sri Syed Mohktar has a 32% share in PERNAS through
his own company, Syarikat Ratu Jernih. Syarikat Perdana Padu Sdn. Bhd. and
Corak Kukuh Sdn. Bhd. Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar and Zainal are board members of
Syarikat Bina Puri Holdings Berhad, whereby, on his own, he has 7.34% share.
Apart from these, Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar and Zainal has varied interest in a
number of companies, both in Malaysia as well as abroad.
Tan Sri Dato' Lee Shin Cheng (born 3 June
1939) is a Malaysian Chinese business magnate who is heavily involved in the
plantation industry. Tan Sri Dato' Lee Shin Cheng heads IOI Corporation Berhad
(or better known as IOI Group) as its executive chairman. IOI Group was by
Forbes in 2012 a palm oil and real estate development giant. It owned
refineries in the US and the Netherlands and won a $322 million bid for a
6-acre plot in downtown Singapore for the residential buildings. IOI, which is
listed in Bursa Malaysia, is one of the world's leading conglomerate managing
oil palm plantations, speciality fats, oleo chemicals and property development
activities in Malaysia, Indonesia, United States, and Europe. IOI refinery in
Rotterdam, the Netherlands is the largest palm oil refinery in Europe. IOI's
oil palm plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia produce palm oil and palm kernel
oil. These oils are made into speciality oils, metallic stearates and fats that
are used in soaps, detergents, cosmetics and food additives. IOI Group is also
a leading real estate developer in Malaysia: projects include townships,
shopping malls, condominiums, office towers and resorts. Lee grew up northeast
of Kuala Lumpur on a rubber plantation, where his father ran a small Chinese
food shop. He left school at the age of 11 to help support his family, selling
ice cream on a bicycle for four years before returning to finish high school.
He sought work with one oil palm plantation company for a supervisory job, but
was turned down. The reason given he didn't speak fluent English,important then
because Europeans still own most of the plantations. Lee, who was then only 22,
was undeterred with Dunlop Estate's rejection. He went on to apply and got a
field supervisor job with at another palm oil company