The Richest People in Malaysia

farlin

Alhamdulillah...ada juga Melayu yg termasuk dlm senarai top 10 ni

pluto

aku salah sorang awat tak tersenaraipun

Yed

hehehehehe....

hazen

apesal nama anak paklah kamaluddin tuh tak termasuk dalam senarai ehh? Ke ada cuma taknak reveal jek??

wangi85

E paling tepat

Syd

The bar has been lowered. Malaysia's 40 Richest needed a net worth of only $100 million to make the list this year, down from $127 million in 2007, despite the fact that the Malaysian ringgit gained 6% against the U.S. dollar, the currency in which their fortunes are measured.

Caught up in the global equities slide, the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index was off 8% in the past year but has fallen 15% since mid-January. While 16 people still managed to add to their fortunes, another 18 saw their net worth slip.

Some tumbled considerably, with seven losing one-fourth or more of their fortune. That includes Lim Wee Chai, head of rubber glove manufacturer Top Glove, and Yaw Teck Seng, founder of forest group Samling, both worth one-third less than a year ago.

The total net worth of the top 40 is $46 billion, up $3 billion from last year. But that figure is skewed by strong gains by three tycoons who are up a combined $4.9 billion.

The year's biggest gainer was Robert Kuok, again the country's richest person; his fortune jumped $2.4 billion to $10 billion. That was on top of a $2 billion gain the previous year. Lee Shin Cheng, ranked third, adding $1.9 billion. Both businessmen got boosts from their valuable holdings in palm oil producers Wilmar International and IOI, respectively.

Vincent Tan's fortune has more than tripled in just a year, thanks mostly to gains in the share price of his Berjaya Land and flagship Berjaya Corp., pushing him into the billionaire ranks and bringing the country's total number of billionaires up to 10.

Lee Swee Eng is up in part because we added in the value of the shares held by his wife, Gan Siew Liat, who works with him at oil services company KNM. But even without her, his fortune would have increased, as KNM's stock price almost doubled in the past year.

Three newcomers made the cut. The richest is Lee Kim Hua, widow of renowned gaming tycoon Lim Goh Tong, who died in 2007. David Law Tien Seng makes his debut thanks to his stake in Australian iron ore company Midwest.

Grabbing the No. 40 spot is Nazir Razak, son of the nation's second prime minister, who heads financial services firm CIMB. Kasi K.L. Palaniappan and Mustapha Kamal Abu Bakar lost their spots on the list, as shares in real estate developer MK Land Holdings, which makes up most of their wealth, are trading at just a third of their price, compared with last year.

Although we don't usually put royalty on the list, U.K.-trained lawyer Seri Eleena Raja Azlan Shah, whose father is a sultan, returns, thanks to her chunk of infrastructure company Gamuda, on whose board she sits.

For people with publicly traded fortunes, net worths were calculated using share prices and exchange rates from May 9. For privately held fortunes, we used database company BRIS and other sources to estimate what companies and assets were worth if public.


Big Winners

Not every big investor in Malaysia has been dragged underwater by the 5% overall drop in the KLCI share index. Indeed, these stocks, owned by seven rich list members, have bucked the trend and posted impressive gains. All but one of these companies, Wilmar, trade in Malaysia.

Syd

tumpanglalu74

Jgn risau.. Dlm Top10 dari bwh tu, mesti ade aku..

teru

bile name aku nak masuk list nih.. haiushhhh

t8tler

nama KJ dgn kamal tak mau letak ke???? letak nama mokhzani je...

nurm39

diorang kaya dunia..akhirat luper.. sedar2 laa..meh kita samer2 kejar harta2 akhirat! woo! <img src="images/smilies/biggrin.gif" smilieid="3" border="0" alt="" />

Yed

setuju........

zara26

bila lah aku nie nak msuk dlm list.

wa'ah

azman hashim..tan sri kan?

selamba je donate juta2 kat institution

lambaian

ramai lagi kaya-raya....tapi tak isytihar harta

mak

salah sorang nama dlm list tu ada kene mengene ngan den..uuhuuhhuu...ntah ler manusia..wat per jadi jutawan kalu hak itu sebenarnya milik org lain??...nak wat camne zaman dulu2 mana ada ikut farahait ni...main belasah je reta org lain..tup tup keturunan dia jadi jutawan kaya rayaa...

derose83

nasib baik ade jugak org2 melayu yg tersenarai

lambaian

Originally posted by derose83 at 2-8-2008 04:12 PM
nasib baik ade jugak org2 melayu yg tersenarai

ramai melayu yg kaya2 termasuk menteri2.......cuma tak declare jek

dopey

dopey