Malaysia 40 Richest Men
1. Tan Sri Robert Kuok Hock Nien - 83 RM20.55b(US$5.6b) Kuok Group
2. Tan Sri Ananda Krishnan -68 RM16.88b(US$4.6b) Usaha Tegas
3. Tan Sri Teh Hong Piow - 76 RM7.71b (US$2.1b) Public Bank Group
4. Tan Sri Lee Shin Cheng -67 RM7.52b(US$2.05b) IOI Group
5. Tan Sri Quek Leng Chan -65 RM7.34b(US$2b) Hong Leong Group
6. Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong -88 RM5.51b(US$1.5b) Genting Group
7. Tan Sri Yeoh Tiong Lay -76 RM4.01b(US$1.1b) YTL Group
8. Tan Sri Tiong Hiew King -70 RM3.85b (US$1.05b) Rimbunan Hijau Group
9. Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar AlBukhary -54 RM3.67b (US$1b) Albukhary Foundation
10. Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay -54 RM1.61b(US$440m) Genting Group
11. Tan Sri Azman Hashim -66 RM1.49b(US$405m) Arab Malaysian Group
12. Tan Sri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun - 54 RM1.30b (US$355m) Berjaya Group
13. Tan Sri Kua Sian Kooi -54 RM1.05b(US$285m) Kurnia Asia
14. Datuk Lim Wee Chai -48 RM770m (US$210m) Top Glove Corp
15. Datuk Anthony Fernandes -42 RM752m (US$205m) AirAsia
16. Datuk Vinod Sekhar -37 RM734m (US$200m) Petra Group
17. Tan Sri G. Gnanalingam -62 RM623.9m(US$170m) Westport
18. Kamarudin Meranun -45 RM605.6m(US$165m) AirAsia
19. Puan Sri Chong Chook Yew -84 RM532.2m(US$145m) Selangor Properties
20. Tan Sri Hamdan Mohamad -50 RM513.9m(US$140m) Ranhill Group
21. Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah Fook Ling -60 RM458.8m(US$125m) Sunway Group
22. Tan Sri Mustapha Kamal Abu Bakar -57 RM440.4m(US$120m) MK Land
23. Datuk Abdul Hamed Sepawi -55 RM440.4m(US$120m) Ta Ann
24. Ahmayuddin bin Ahmad -50 RM422.1m(US$115m) Westport
25. Datuk Syed Mohd Yusof Tun Syed Nasir - 59 RM403.7m(US$110m) Southern Bank Berhad
26. Datuk Lee Hau Hian -53 RM367m (US$100m) Kuala Lumpur Kepong
27. Datuk Lee Oi Hian -55 RM367m (US$100m) Kuala Lumpur Kepong
28. Datuk Lee Soon Hian -49 RM367m (US$100m) Kuala Lumpur Kepong
29. Datuk Tiah Thee Kian -58 RM348.7m(US$95m) TA Enterprise
30. Tan Sri Tan Teong Hean -63 RM348.7(US$95m) Southern Bank Berhad
31. Datuk Lim Thian Kiat -57 RM348.7(US$95m) Multi-Purpose Holdings
32. Datuk Yaw Teck Seng -68 RM330.3m(US$90m) Samling Group
33. Datuk Lim Tong Yong -56 RM311.9m(US$85m) Pantai Group
34. John Chia Sin Tet -54 RM293.6m(US$80m) Unisem
35. Tan Sri Rozali Ismail -50 RM293.6m(US$80m) Puncak Niaga
36. Ong Leong Huat -62 RM275.3m(US$75m) OSK Group
37. Datuk Seri Lau ChoKun RM275.3m(US$75m) Malaysian Mosaics
38. Tan Sri William Cheng Heng Jem -63 RM256.9m(US$70m) LionGroup
39. Shaari Ismail -63 RM256.9m(US$70m) Puncak Niaga
40. Datuk Kasi K. L. Palaniappan -63 RM238.6m(US$65m) MK Land
Overall
According to our study, Malaysia 40 richest businesspeople are worth a
collective RM 95.4 billion (US$26b).This figure onlyhalf of world
richest man fortune, Bill Gates with the net worth of US $50 billion.
Amazingly, the nation's 9 billionaires account for a whopping 82% of
that RM 95.4 billion sum. The man at the top, Robert Kuok, has been
Southeast Asia's richest man for years. He has topped
Malaysian 40 richest men list for the third consecutive year.
Youngest & Oldest?
The average age in this 40 richest man list is 60 years old. Datuk
Vinod Sekhar with the age of 37 from Petra Group is the yougest of all.
Oldest in the list age 88 is Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong from Genting Group.
Women?
The only women in this list is Puan Sri Chong Chook Yew from Selangor
Properties who inherited her husband fortune after the death of her
husband.
Changes?
The most apparent changes of the list compare with previous year is
Public Bank Berhad's Tan Sri Teh Hong Piow and IOI Group's Tan Sri Lee
Shin Cheng overtake Hong Leong's Tan Sri Quek Leng Chan and Genting's
Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong. Quek Leng Chan and Lim Goh Tong used to be in the
top 4 together with Robert Kuok and Maxis's Ananda Krishnan.
Self made or inherited?
Tan Sri Teh Hong Piow and Tan Sri Lee Shin Cheng are first generation
who create the wealth themselves. Robert Kuok and Quek Leng Chan are
second generation. Which mean their father has earn the first million
and they inherited some wealth from their father.
That's all for the time being. In our next posting we will focus our
attention to Malaysia's richest man Robert Kuok so...stay tune to our
next post.
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