Here is the list of top 40 Malaysia’s Richest, 2010, as announced by Forbes magazine on 05.26.10. Source: forbes.com
Robert Kuok is still at No. 1. Two persons of Indian origin figured among Forbes list of Malaysia’s 40 richest as the rebounding Malaysian economy expanded 10 percent in the first quarter of 2010, its highest growth rate in a decade.
Indian origin Ananda Krishnan with a net worth of $8.1 billion, retained his second place after Malaysian Chinese Robert Kuok. Krishnan’s is 72-year-old former oil trader & most valuable asset is Maxis Communications, Malaysia’s largest cellphone service provider, which went public in November, raising $3.4 billion in Malaysia’s largest-ever IPO.
Another Indian origin is a 54 years old “A.K. Nathan”, self-made building contractor, placed 24th with a net worth of $250 million. He owns & runs Eversendai, a Kuala Lumpur contractor that fabricates, designs and erects the steel frames for buildings. Nathan grew up in Malaysia, aside he done his schooling in India for few years.
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