A. F. M Shafiqul Hafiz (Johor Land Bhd)

A. F. M. Shafiqul Hafiz has been a Managing Director of Johor Land Bhd, a subsidiary of Kulim Malaysia Bhd since May 1, 1988. Mr. Hafiz serves as the Managing Director of Puteri Hotels Sdn Bhd and Chief Executive of Hospitality Business Division. He began his career as an Engineer in Dhaka, East Pakistan in 1968. His career in Malaysia dates back to 1974 when he joined Public Works Department of Malaysia as a Project Engineer. Later he joined Johor Corporation in 1983 and has held various positions within the Group before being appointed as the Chief Executive of the Property Development Division of Johor Corporation since 1991. He serves as Chairman of Hotel Selesa (JB) Sdn Bhd and Johor Corporation Group. He has been a Director of Johor Land Bhd since May 1, 1998 and Tanjung Langsat Port Sdn Bhd since January 1, 2009. He also holds directorships in various other companies within and outside of the Johor Corporation Group. He has been a Vice Chairman of International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI) Malaysian Chapter since 2008. He has also been elected as Vice President by FIABCI International for its Asia Pacific Regional Committee for the term 2007 till 2009. He is a National Council Member of FIABCI Malaysian Chapter. He is also registered with the Institute of Engineers, Australia, as a Chartered Professional Engineer. In 1992, he attended a Senior Management Program on Public Enterprise at Harvard, USA. He is graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree majoring in Civil Engineering from East Pakistan University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka in 1967. He also holds a Master of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Middle East Technical University of Ankara, Turkey which he obtained in 1971.

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Johor Land Berhad (JLand) is an integrated property development group  with activities covering many facets from property development, construction, property investment, management and manufacturing of building materials and producing natural rubber latex concentrates.

Johor Land Berhad (JLand) is incorporated in 1972, a member of Johor Corporation Group of Companies. The Group has more than 3,000 acres of development land strategically located in Pasir Gudang, Ulu Tiram, Senai, Tampoi and Johor Bahru which will sustain the Group’s property development activities at least for the next 20 years.

JLand’s long term commitment to sustainable development and its ability to respond to the needs of the local market has made JLand a dominant property developer in Johor. This commitment and this ability is made possible through understanding homeowners’ need for quality and functionality. Our success is in giving our customers value for their money and assets with potential for appreciation. 

The company currently has a prime land bank of over 3,000 acres in Johor. In its endeavor to be a premier property company in the country it intends to expand its presence throughout Malaysia and the Region and to widen its involvement in other sectors of the property industry. JLand is prepared to develop viable parcels of land in areas outside its present area of operation and to participate in acquiring, developing and owning investment properties.

JLand has been awarded with MS ISO 9002:1994 for Development Of Residential and Commercial properties from SIRIM in August 1999 and in February 2002 JLand managed to upgrade MS ISO 9001 : 2000 Certification for Design Management, Development of Residential and Commercial Properties

Resource:

1. http://announcements.bursamalaysia.com/EDMS/subweb.nsf/0/b9c966f7da5337c2482572d1002d16dc/$FILE/JLAND-Circular.pdf

Professor Datin Dr. Clara L Chee (SMEs Brand Personality Award)

Way back in 1977 at a time when the beauty industry was not seen as a serious business in Malaysia, an enterprising and visionary young woman called Clara Chee started her own beauty salon. In her own right, even then Clara’s beauty salon is recognised as a pioneer in the beauty industry of Malaysia. From just providing the basic regime in beauty treatment to women only, the business has grown and expanded to what is now known as the Clara International Beauty Group. 

The Group’s success is attributed to the keen interest in helping people address their skin care problems as well as the far-sightedness of their founder in wanting to produce her own brand of beauty treatment products. And this attribute has earned her a doctorate award in this field of studies. Having led the business to where it is, Datin Professor Dr. Clara Chee now sits as the Chairperson of the Group. 

Clara International is not only known as a pioneer in skin care, they are also acknowledged as a true leader of the industry - going beyond the Malaysian borders and breaking new grounds in almost every facet of the beauty and wellness industry. What started out as a small beauty salon now operates 50 beauty centres throughout the country with associates across the Asian region and an impressive corporate office in Bandar Puchong Jaya in the state of Selangor. The Group also produces and market their brand of beauty treatment products.

Clara Chee is almost a legendary icon in the local cosmetic industry much like Florence Nightingale in the nursing industry.She is where she is today because of her willingness to work hard and her perseverance in continuously innovating new products for the past 27 years to make her clients happy.

“We are living in a tropical climate,” she said. “For this reason, our cosmetic products must suit our environment and the Asian skin type.”Before starting her business, she had worked as a Beauty Consultant. From 1967 to 1975, she had worked as a Cosmetic Marketing Surveyor. In 1973, she joined MAX factor in Kuala Lumpur.”

With only a capital of RM40 000, Clara International was birthed in 1977. “With a CGC Bank Loan from Maybank, I started my first salon with the help of two other friends from the United Kingdom and two qualified aestheticians in a rented shoplot in SS2, Petaling Jaya,” she said.

Resources :

1.    http://www.hdcglobal.com/publisher/bi_clara_international_beauty_group
2. http://www.thebrandlaureate.com/2011/bp/sme/14clarachee.html

Tan Sri Dato' Sri Hamad Kama Piah bin Che Othman (Amanah Saham Nasional Berhad)

Tan Sri Dato' Sri Hamad Kama Piah bin Che Othman, born in 1951, was appointed to the Board in April 1998. He is the President & Group Chief Executive of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) and is a member of the Board of Directors of PNB, Amanah Saham Nasional Berhad, Pelaburan Hartanah Nasional Berhad and Amanah Mutual Berhad (formerly known as Mayban Unit Trust Berhad). He is also the Chairman of Universiti Malaysia Kelantan and I-Berhad since May 2007 and February 2009 respectively and sits on the Board of a number of Malaysian private limited companies.

A graduate of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Tan Sri Dato' Hamad also holds a Masters degree from Swansea University, United Kingdom and an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from University Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN). He is a Senior Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, United Kingdom. He also holds the designation of a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and a Registered Financial Planner (RFP).

Tan Sri Dato’ Hamad Kama Piah Bin Che Othman ( TBL Awards – 2008/2009)

Tan Sri Dato’ Hamad Kama Piah bin Che Othman is the President & Group Chief Executive of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) and also a member of the Board of Directors of PNB, Amanah Saham Nasional Berhad, Pelaburan Hartanah Nasional Berhad and Amanah Mutual Berhad. He is also the Chairman of Universiti Malaysia Kelantan and I-Berhad since May 2007 and February 2009 respectively and sits on the Board of a number of Malaysian private limited companies.

Tan Sri Dato’ Hamad Kama Piah has a career which spans over 30 years in the fields of investment and unit trust management as well as corporate finance. Taking the helm of an asset management institution such as PNB at the height of the 1997/1998 financial crisis was definitely a very demanding and challenging task but Tan Sri Dato’ Hamad Kama Piah has demonstrated that he has the mettle for the job. During his leadership, he has not only successfully steered PNB out of the worst storm ever, but also has contributed towards developing PNB to become stronger than before. He was instrumental in initiating and carrying out corporate exercises that has added value to the PNB Group of companies.

Under the leadership of Tan Sri Dato’ Hamad Kama Piah, PNB received the Readers’ Digest Most Trusted Brand Award in 2007 and 2008, and the BrandLaureate Award in the Conglomerate category in 2007 and 2008. Most recently in 2009, PNB was also honoured with the ‘Anugerah Seni Negara’ for the private sector category.

Philanthrophy is very close to Tan Sri Dato’ Hamad Kama Piah heart and at PNB various CSR programmes are introduced for the well being of the community. Free Financial Planning seminars are set up for the public and the setting up of Pusat Komuniti Pintar to educate and engage the rural communities in information technology. In addition, Tan Sri Hamad, in 1998, also initiated the establishment of Kolej Ilmu PNB for underprivileged students and in year 1999, Tan Sri Dato’ Hamad Kama Piah initiated the establishment of Yayasan Tun Ismail which awards scholarship to excellent students to study in distinguished universities in the United Kingdom.

His achievements and contributions towards Malaysia brought us good pride among the nation.  The Asia Pacific Brands Foundation  conferred The BrandLaureate Brand Personality Award to Tan Sri Dato’ Hamad Kama Piah Bin Che Othman for his contribution in the financial and investment category.

Resources :

1. http://www.thebrandlaureate.com/tbl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=226:tan-sri-dato-hamad-kama-piah-bin-che-othman-tbl-awards-20082009&catid=912:malaysian-brandlaureates&Itemid=317
2.  http://www.titangroup.com/AboutTitan/Tan_Sri_Dato_Hamad_Kama_Piah.aspx

Datuk Seri Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir (Proton)

1)      Proton Holdings BHD known as Malaysia’s car producer being introduced since 7^th May

1983. It is a project under the idea of Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia’s former Prime Minister that want to make Malaysia to become an industrial country. Datuk Seri Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir appointed as the CEO of Proton since 1 January 2006.

He was graduated in Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of

Maryland, USA. Before participating in Proton, he was the former Senior General Manager at Perodua in 1999. The Proton CEO has once being called “Automotive Man of The Year” by New Straits Times/Maybank Car in the year of 2008 for his prestigious leadership towards making Proton as the significant car producer in the international market.

Proton Holdings BHD were currently had merged a pleasing cooperation with Hawtai

Motor Group Ltd from China to make a better prospect of marketing in the second largest country in the world. They come out with new model concept and then they will work together to build the new design and development cost for the new model said the former Proton manager, Datuk Sri Mohd Nadzmi Mohd Salleh.

Besides, the cooperation of Proton with Hawtai will give them the benefit to learn and

went through directly toward the industrial of low cost car production. By this, the Proton industrial will lead to another new dimension by making China as their main producer of Proton car.

Mohd Taib Ali (Wesria Food SDN BHD )

Mohd Taib Ali makes systematic cash flow upon being the top business ventures in food arena. He was the owner of the Wesria Food SDN BHD which serves finest food and beverages management and consultation’s company in Malaysia.

This food tycoon had spread his wings firstly at Suria KLCC and then to Alamanda Shopping Centre, Mydin Hypermarket and Taylor’s College. His inspiration in food court management was taken place since his travelling abroad and then become the father of Wesria on 1999. Back then, most of the food court managements in Malaysia were held by Singapore companies as most of Malaysian just came out to be little food venture in the arena.

            

         His vision on helping to promote and sell Malaysia cuisine has helped others food hawker in their business. He provides them with kitchen utilities until the cleaning utilities that had made them easily just start up their business in no time without even hustle to manage their business. He knows that small business food hawker cannot manage to overcome such a huge budget for the utilities, that why he help them up to 65% on the business bills. Rasa is the brand name entitled as Wesria food court ventures.

           

            He had spends up to more than 4.5 million ringgit to invest in promoting Rasa brand food court at Suria KLCC. Before Rasa, the food court was entitled as Asian Flavor Food Court. Besides, 

he also spends about 3 million ringgit for food court management at Alamda Shopping Mall.

Hairul Faizal Hussain (Creative Makeover Bike and Car Saloon)

Hairul Faizal Hussain is the founder of Creative Makeover Bike and Car Saloon. He had undergone 18 years of experiences in automotive makeover. His innovative and creative skills lead him to overcome automotive industrial designation that creates a mind blowing experience towards his customer.

Appointing services for automotive makeover from all type of transportation and also others car accessories like sport rim to other non-automotive hardware like refrigerator. Some of his customer does not bother to pay up to RM3000 and above to experiences his team art work of masterpiece. The process of sticking stickers to motorcycle will take up to 8 hours while car take 2 days of process.

Apart from his services, some of his customer would come up with their own design ideas such as MotoGP example for their transportation makeover. While some of them would put their hope onto his team creative skills to design their vehicles. Besides, the prices of the services are based on the types of material, angle of transformation and designation packages. The painting for sticker will be in the range of RM120 to Rm600 for motorcycle while car cost about Rm300 and above. The cost for air brush might hold up to RM3000 and above.

He accompanied with 20 others entrepreneurs with the same business venture came out to promote a club entitles Malaysia Airbrush Artist (MAA) which is a non-profit organization. From that, they discussing and share ideas in addition with supporting of each other business.

Tan Sri Mustapha Kamal Abu (Founder of Emkay Group) : RM 1.174 billion

It was a very special evening for him and the Emkay Group, which he founded in 1983. The abundance of good food, entertainment and even a one-minute display of fireworks celebrated three official launches — the Menara Mustapha Kamal office tower, the Emkay gallery, and the Building Passion with Mustapha Kamal book — to mark Emkay’s 26-year journey as aproperty developer.

The towering 21-storey Menara Mustapha Kamal, said MK, is a monument of Emkay’s achievements. Also, it houses the entire group under the same roof for the first time.

Since its inception 26 years ago, Emkay has built properties amounting to more than RM8 billion in value, the bulk of which were affordable homes, according to MK, dubbed ‘The King of Affordable Homes’, in his welcoming speech.

The Bumiputera property magnate shared the ‘secret’ of his success, the driving force that kept him going when challenges came his way.

`The fear of failure,’ MK revealed to the 530 guests present.

`I could not afford to fail. My family depended on me. The livelihood of my staff, and their families, depended on the company. And most importantly, my greatest fear was that people would point to my failure and say that Malays could never succeed,’ he shared.

Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who officiated the event that night, hailed MK as a `shining example’ of successful Malay entrepreneurship, and commended him on his attitude of tahu malu (knowing how to be ashamed).

`I am proud of Mustapha Kamal’s attitude. He took full advantage of the opportunities opened to him (as a Bumiputera), but unlike others, he never abused them. He was not interested in the “get rich quick” route. He knew how to be malu (ashamed),’ said Dr Mahathir.

MK’s 26-year journey with Emkay is documented in the book Building Passion with Mustapha Kamal as well as the Emkay Gallery located at the lobby floor of Menara Mustapha Kamal.

The book, wrote author Cheah Chor Sooi in the preface, was originally meant as a biography, ‘but being an individual who despises the act of self-praise, it was decided that this book would only focus on MK’s business philosophy and management methods‘.

“The book is based on my experience, not on theory. With what we have gone through and experienced, I sincerely believe that we can humbly share some thoughts on how we have managed to keep the Emkay Group agile all this while and sustain it to what it is today. If what I say is in line with the management gurus, Alhamdulilah (Praise God), if not, so what?” MK said candidly.

The 3,063 square feet Emkay Gallery, meanwhile, features five sections: The Journey, The Mission, The Passion, The Love, and The Legacy. The gallery, which cost RM1.5 million to set up, is open to the public from Nov 1. Entrance is free.

Menara Mustapha Kamal is a 21-storey office tower with a total built-up space of 201,508 sq ft. The Emkay Group occupies six floors while the remaining available space will be rented out. The tower, purchased at RM85 million, is one of the four towers of the PJ Trade Centre, Damansara Perdana. It was developed by Tujuan Gemilang Sdn Bhd, a company helmed by MK’s heir apparent Ahmad Khalif Mustapha Kamal.

Emkay has come a long way since its first major breakthrough project: Bandar Baru Sungai Buloh. As it continues to grow, MK will make sure Emkay will always be driven by his vision of ‘Building a Better Tomorrow Today‘.

Source: http://financefull.com/entrepreneurship/founder-of-emkay-group-tan-sri-mustapha-kamal-abu/

Ananda Krishnan (CEO- Maxis Communications & MEASAT) : $8.1 billion

Ananda Krishnan holds an MBA from Harvard University in 1964. Prior to that, he received his education from Vivekananda Tamil School and Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur. He attended University of Melbourne, Australia to complete his degree.  

　

Ananda currently owns 2 of the biggest communications companies in Malaysia; Maxis Communications & MEASAT Broadcast Network Systems. Maxis is currently the biggest cellular phone company in Malaysia with more than 5 millions subscribers and about 30% of Malaysia's market share. 

　

MEASAT currently has 2 communication satellites navigating the earth, and offers 30 television channels and 16 radio channels. The 3rd satellite is said to being launched but is yet to be confirmed.  His satellite TV operations now include Indonesia, India, Philippines, Brunei, Vietnam and Taiwan.

　

Apart from that, Ananda Krishnan owns substantial shareholder-ship in Tanjong Plc, which interest in entertainment industry like Tanjong Golden Village Cinemas. 

　

Ananda's strength lies in his ability to appreciate and take advantage of new technology discoveries and make them work in his way.  His intelligent, vision and leadership has enabled him to continue leading the pack in the Malaysian's rich-list for many years.

　

In his course of life, he has been contributing huge sums of energy and money for the charity and foundations. He has donated as much as RM160 millions towards developing and providing education opportunities for Bumiputra in Malaysia.

　

Ananda Krishnan is married with 3 children.

MANY words have been used to describe T. Ananda Krishnan - enigmatic, daring, bold, shrewd, down-to-earth - the list goes on. Fortune magazine, in a 2001 article, aptly called him "Kuala Lumpur's Mr Big".
With both his hands in many cookie jars, he has chartered his name, not only in Malaysia, but across the continents.
Said to have an extraordinary entrepreneurial flair and inventiveness,
Ananda started out as an oil trader, setting up Exoil Trading which went on to purchase oil drilling concessions in various countries.
He progressed to gaming in Malaysia, stud farming in Australia, running cartoon animation studios in California and Manila, and making a series of investments in private companies from Hong Kong to the Channel Islands.
Diversity was his motto. He got involved in the multimedia industry in the early 90s and developed other interests in entertainment, satellite, oil, power, shipping, telecommunications, property and gaming.
He has a string of multiplex theatres in Malaysia which offers movies on the bigger screen.
His entertainment company holds more than 800 movie titles. He also owns the world's largest Chineselanguage movie library, Celestial Pictures.
Today, Ananda has businesses spread all over the globe, including the United States and Japan.
His businesses are varied. In the Philippines, he produced children's
cartoons at the Philippine Animation Studios. He has also worked on Datuk Lat's Malaysian cartoon series for the international market.
Here at home, he is probably most known as the key force behind the building of the world's tallest structure, which is also one of the
largest real estate developments in the world - the Petronas Twin Towers.
His little black book includes names like Jack Welch, Rupert Murdoch and Maurice Greenberg, not to mention veteran rock star Sir Bob Geldof, with whom he mounted the Live Aid charity concert in 1985 in London and Philadelphia to raise funds for the Ethiopian famine victims.
Dominic Armstrong, head of regional research for ABN AMRO, was quoted in an interview as saying: "It's not so much Malaysia that you're backing, it's Ananda. He is a worldclass businessman who happens to be Malaysian." Now, Malaysia's richest man, who was reported by Fortune magazine this year as worth a staggering RM8.77 billion, controls Tanjung Plc, Maxis Communications Bhd and Measat Broadcast Network Systems Sdn Bhd which operates the popular Astro satellite network, all via his private investment vehicle, Usaha Tegas Sdn Bhd.
He collaborated with American geologist Tom Cantwell to purchase the rights to drill in Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Egypt, the North Sea and the US. They are said to have had more than 2.5 million hectares (1996 figures) under lease.
One of his well remembered business successes was when he secured a RM2.8 billion loan in Sept 20, 2001 for Maxis, the largest corporate loan since the 1997/98 financial crisis, from Japan, the Netherlands and Canada.
Ananda Krishnan, or AK, as he is also known, is a man of humble
beginnings.
The son of a senior clerk in the civil service, this determined character achieved world renowned success which began with education at the Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur.
He then pursued his studies at Melbourne University in Australia, where he was introduced to horses by his college mates, as all his friends' fathers bred horses.
It was said that his first business venture while still a student at the
university was a small betting operation. Apart from that, he also worked in a radio station and edited the college paper.
He took part in plays, one of them the Merchant of Venice, and a biweekly discussion programme over radio.
After gaining his Bachelor of Arts (Honours), he moved on to Harvard University for a Masters in Business Administration in 1964.
Although he has been hugely successful in business, he has remembered others of lesser means.
More recently in June, companies under him pledged RM160 million to various education funds in the country.
Even though there are many words to describe Ananda Krishnan, at the top of it all is Malaysian.

source: http://www.maxis.com.my/personal/about_us/newsroom/reports/2003/r_23_August_2003_a.asp

http://www.networkmalaysia.com/subtitle/article_anandak.htm

http://www.skorcareer.com/malaysia-eng/anandakrishnanprofile.htm

Tan Sri Azman Hashim: RM542 million: (Ambank)

Known for his perseverance and intelligence, Azman Hashim  is one of the renowned names in Malaysian history. He is the man who vastly contributed towards the economic development of Malaysia and stands amongst the high esteemed and richest people of Malaysia.

Azman Hashim is one of the richest people of Malaysia. Born on July 1939, Tan Sri Dato’ Azman Hashim had thirteen siblings. He spent the early years of his life in Kamung Baru, a place in Kuala Lumpur. Azman Hashim’s success is attributed to his mother, a school teacher, and his father, a strict disciplinarian. Brought up in an environment of strict discipline and wisdom, Azman Hashim passed the Senior Cambridge examination with a first division in the year 1954.

Always a diligent child, Azman Hashim wished to pursue further studies in medical science but as he received the Colombo Plan Scholarship he had to move to Australia to study accountancy. From 1955 to 1960, he studied in Australia and before the age of 21 he became a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Secretary.

In the year 1960, Azman Hashim was declared Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Accountants, Australia (FCA Australia) and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators (FCIS). Later, due to his intelligence and perseverance, Azman Hashim was also declared the Fellow of the Malaysian Institute of Bankers, the Malaysian Institute of Directors and the Malaysian Institute of Management.

On the 3rd of March 1963, after the completion of his studies and attainment of a successful career, Azman Hashim, married YM Tunku Arishah Tunku Maamor.

Working as a Chartered Accountant, Azman Hashim started his professional career with Messrs O.L. Haines & Co, an Australian company located at Perth in 1955. Later, in 1960, Azman Hashim returned to Malaysia and started working with Bank Negara. Azman Hashim left his job on May 1964 and started his own practice with his own enterprise Azman & Co. With great talent and intelligence, Azman Hashim took his company to greater heights and later it came to be known as Azman Wong Salleh & Co (Chartered Accountants).

In the year 1966, Azman Hashim joined the Board of Malayan Banking Berhad and from 1971-1980 he served there as an Executive Director. In the year 1980, he was appointed as the Executive Chairman of Kwong Yik Bank Berhad. He served there till 1982 and then joined the AmBank Group. Presently, Azman Hashim is the Executive Chairman of the Amcorp Group Berhad and also the chairman of its various subsidiaries.

Azman Hashim is also a Chairman to various other groups and organizations. They include:

• National Productivity Corporation
• Non-Aligned Movement’s (”NAM”) Business Council
• Malaysian Investment Banking Association
• Co-Chairman of Malaysia-Singapore Roundtable

• Board of Trustees, Perdana Leadership Foundation.
• Pacific Basin Economic Council (”PBEC”) International
• Co-Chair, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (”UNESCAP”) Business Advisory Council and

Various other organizations have chosen Azman Hashim as their President, which include:

• Malaysia South-South Association
• Friends of Prisons Association
• Malaysia South-South Corporation Berhad
• Malaysia-Japan Economic Association

Azman Hashim is also the member of:

• National Economic Consultative Council II (MAPEN II)
• Business Advisory Council of APEC (”ABAC”)
• The Trilateral Commission (Asia-Pacific Group)
• Board of Advisors, AIM Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility
• Malaysia-British Business Council
• Malaysia-China Business Council
• International Advisory Panel, Bank Negara Malaysia
• International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF)
• International Advisory Panel,World Islamic Economic Forum and
• Leader of the ASEAN-Japanese Business Meeting (Malaysia Committee, Keizai Doyukai).

In his bright career Azman Hashim, received a number of awards for his immense contribution towards the economic development of Malaysia. The awards honored to him include:

• Darjah Kesatria Mangku Negara - 1972
• Darjah Dato’ Paduka Mahkota Selangor - 1980
• Johan Mahkota Negara - 1984
• Asia’s Banker of the Year- 1985
• Darjah Panglima Setia Mahkota- 1988
• ASEAN Businessman of the Year- 1993
• Grand Entrepreneurial Award -1996
• Menteri Besar Grand Entrepreneurial Award- 1997
• Sathya Sai Educare Academy Values for Life Excellence- 2004

Azman Hashim received many other awards from various esteemed educational organizations for his contribution to academics, business and community development. In 1985, he was awarded with an Honorary Doctorate in Philosophy by Universiti Utara Malaysia and in 2004 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration by the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. In the year 2005 Azman Hashim was appointed as the Pro-Chancellor of the Open University Malaysia.

A man with a vivacious personality and high esteem, Azman Hashim’s hobbies include singing, scuba diving, and riding power boats and jet skies. Azman Hashim, with vast contribution to the economic facet of Malaysia and business edification, stands amongst the esteemed persons of Malaysia and the world. Presently, he is recognized as the 11th richest man of Malaysia. 

HE IS a survivor by all accounts. He escaped death in a horrific car crash many years ago. He faced his baptism of fire in the corporate world duringthe property crash of 1985. And he managed to wriggle his way out of the deepest recession the Malaysian economy ever experienced in 1998.

Tan Sri Azman Hashim is the comeback kid of Malaysian banking. At the height of the currency crisis, he almost lost his banking empire. Under the central bank-driven banking consolidation programme, Azman's bank was to be swallowed by a smaller financial group. However, Azman managed to convince the authorities to give his group anchor bank status. In the aftermath of the financial crisis, the Arab-Malaysian group's financial arm rebounded strongly. Its strong performance paved the way for Azman to package a restructuring scheme to address the group's RM1.4 billion debts. Creditors approved the scheme in January last year. Azman's personal debts, which in 1998 was said to be about RM600 million, has alsobeen reduced to a more manageable level.

An affable character, the 61-year-old Azman controls six listed companies through his flagship, Arab-Malaysian Corporation Bhd. He honed his banking skills 40 years ago when he joined Bank Negara at age 21. An accountant by training, Azman was appointed to the board of Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank), the leading bank in the country, in 1966. At 31, he became its executive director, a post he held until 1980. After a two-year stint in Kwong Yik Bank (Maybank's subsidiary), Azman bought Arab- Malaysian Merchant Bank in April 1982. Azman gradually built up that acquisition into a financial supermarket.

He also ventured into property development, which has proved to be a bane to the group in times of recession. With a penchant for fast cars, water sports and snorkelling, Azman also sings and has cut a few albums together with his wife.

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Source: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn6207/is_20010201/ai_n24903875/

 http://www.mapsofworld.com/cities/malaysia/kuala-lumpur/azman-hashim.html

Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar al-Bukhary : $1.7 billion (MMC)

                                                        

Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary is one of the most prominent Malaysia entrepreneurs and is popular with his generosity and philanthropic deeds for the society. He is also known for his down-to-earth attitude, and a guy who as much as possible, avoids publicity, cameras and interviews, which at times can be an overwhelming task, considering his status quo as one of the 10 richest men in the country.

Much of Syed Mokhtar’s attitude is attributed with his parents’ upbringing since he was still a small kid. He was born into a mid-low class family in Kedah, with both his parents having average income background. Being nowhere near to living a wealthy life style did not stop his father and mother from instilling good values in raising their kid. Their home came without necessities, let alone luxuries. Syed Mokhtar himself never went beyond the secondary school, as the prevailing family condition forced him to quit schooling and help family by doing odd jobs and starting small scale businesses.

Syed Mokhtar started his real business in the southern Malaysia, selling and distributing rice. With the acquired knowledge and increase in his entrepreneurship skills, he later ventured into trading, logistics and shipping. His mother’s advice to treat part of the money he received as belonging to the poor and the needy remains at the core of his heart. True enough, when he was merely 23 years old, he gave away half of his monthly income of RM1,500 to the needy, donating it to 15 poor families in his village. He has never stopped giving since.

In 1996, Syed Mokhtar set up Al-Bukhary Foundation to assist the needy, with him as the sole donator. The foundation finances English, Science and Mathematics classes for more than 20,000 underachieving students every year, as well as running a college scholarship program for 300 students in more than 40 countries. Between 1996 and 2006, the Al-Bukhary Foundation has contributed about 1 billion for various charity causes.

The foundation also built the famous and gigantic Al-Bukhary mosque in Alor Setar, Kedah, adjacent to a business complex, which today becomes a prominent landmark in Kedah with its remarkable architecture.

In January 2008, Syed Mokhtar was honored as the recipient of the Tokoh Maal Hijrah 1429. And owing his success to his mother’s teachings, he decided to give the cash award of RM80,000 to his mother, Sharifah Rokiah Syed Mohamed Rahmat.

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