Four Malaysians 40 Richest Men On Asiamoney List

Four businesspeople in our Malaysia's 40 Richest Men list made it to Asiamoney's list of 100 most powerful and influential people in finance and business in the Asia region.

The list

Leading the pack of Malaysians are Tan Sri Quek Leng Chan at 20th place in the list. He was currently rank 5th in our top 40 richest men list who is the executive chairman of Hong Leong Group. The list acknowledged Malaysian hotelier and commodities king Tan Sri Robert Kuok Hock Nien, at 57th place, as a self-made Chinese tycoon. Malaysia's 2nd richest, Ananda Krishnan at 90th place while YTL Corp, Tan Sri Francis Yeoh at 98th place.


Other Malaysian

Petroleum Nasional Bhd president Tan Sri Mohd Hassan Marican, 24th
CIMB Group CEO Datuk Nazir Razak, 29th
Bank Negara Governor Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz, 36th
Khazanah Nasional Bhd Datuk Azman Mokhtar, 38th


How they were ranked?

1. Ability to influence financial markets across Asia
2. Power to make make major strategic or portfolio investments
3. Ability to move market in a country
4. Impact they have on their country's economy
5. Their personality and potential as role models
6. Their relative importance to the sector in which they operate

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