
KUALA LUMPUR NewsEcoInfo Reported- Malaysia's economy grew 7.2 percent in 2010. This is the highest economic growth in these neighbor countries since 2000.
Accordingly, the net worth of 40 richest people in Malaysia also participated grow into USD62, 1 billion in 2010, up $ 11, 1 billion over the previous year.
As quoted in Forbes, the richest man position number one and number two is still occupied by Robert Kuok and Ananda Krishnan, the wealth of each USD12, 5 billion and USD9, 5 billion.
While Lee Kim Hua, who is the widow of Lim Goh Toh, founder of the Genting Group's largest asset growth. Assets increased due to stock price Genting casino dashed when opening a business in Singapore to Sentosa Island started operation. Direct wealth rose to $ 2, 7 billion to $ 6, 6 billion.
And Chen Lip Keong also managed to double the kekayannya from gambling. His net worth grew more than doubled to USD375 million.
Here's a list of 40 richest people in the neighboring country:
1. Robert Kuok, their wealth reached USD12, 5 billion.
The father of eight children gain many benefits from its business in the sugar industry, palm oil, shipping and property. Kuok Group, his company has three major companies located in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia.
The main source of revenue comes from Wilmar, the largest palm oil company in the world. But this company's stock price decline last year. Meanwhile, in Hong Kong real estate and asset values rise hotel. Wilmar itself is controlled by a nephew Kuok Khoon Hong, the Singaporean who became the richest man thanks to its ownership by 10 percent in Wilmar.
2. Ananda Krishnan, wealth reached USD9, 5 billion.
Maxis Communications, which owned the largest telecommunications company in Malaysia. Maxis has three business choir, yakn broadcast satellite Astro All Asia Networks, the operating company Tanjong gambling and telecommunications company and operator MEASAT Global.
He also worked with Indian billionaire Kalanithi Maran in developing radio and television broadcasting business. He claimed to be a great philanthropist, he focuses on developing young talent Malaysia to conduct scholarship and specific programs in schools.
3. Lee Kim Hua, wealth amounted to $ 6, 6 billion.
Widow casino king Lim Goh Tong, who founded the Genting Group in 1965 and then expand its business into the sector of hotels and recreation parks. Genting shares soared after opening the World Sentosa resort worth $ 5 billion and casino in Singapore last year. While his son, Lim Kok Thay has also conducted its own business and successfully become the 13th richest person in Malaysia.
4. Lee Shin Cheng, his wealth reached $ 5 billion.
He is the boss IOI Group, one of the largest palm oil producer in the world and one of the largest property developers in Malaysia. The group employs 30 thousand employees around the world. He grew up in a rubber plantation, adjacent to the place of his father who ran a Chinese grocery store.
This father of six children quit school at the age of 11 years to work to help his family, by selling ice cream on a bicycle for four years before returning to continue his education to complete college. Now all her children now work for his company.
5. Quek Leng Chan, kekayannya registration for $ 4, 8 billion.
Head of Hong Leong Group Malaysia and has a number of shares in the world's largest property companies listed in Hong Kong, Guoco Group. He also has an interest in a number of corporate financial services, property development and hotels throughout Southeast Asia.
6. Tea Hong Piow, his wealth reached $ 4, 7 billion.
Founder's third-largest bank in Malaysia. Dipimpinya The group also has one asset management company in the country, he also has Islamic insurance license and has received permission to become a broker in Cambodia. He is also the largest shareholder in LPI Capital, a general insurance company in Malaysia and Singapore.
7. Yeoh Tiong Lay, the amount of his wealth reached $ 2, 7 billion.
He founded the YRL Corp. in 1955. His company also had to do a dual listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 1996, and it is the first non-Japanese companies from Asia that listing in Japan.
8. Syed Mokhtar AlBukhary, with a wealth of USD2, 5 billion.
His company, Malaysia Mining Corp, Johor Port and airport work. Winning a major contract from Gamuda to oversee the construction of mass-transit rail system in Kuala Lumpur. He is the person who set the Albukhary International University, and make Albukhary Foundations to support the education of poor rural families each year.
9. Vincent Tan, his wealth reached USD1, 25 billion.
The father of 11 children this is the owner of Berjaya Group, but his luck seemed lost because of this past year its share price continues to weaken. He is an owner of social networking site Friendster.com site and buy the stock up through the company's internet, MOL.com. Despite failing to get a license for sports gambling license from the government. Do not like golf, and is a hobby with scuba diving.
10. Tiong Hiew King, a wealth of Rp1, 2 billion.
He works to process the raw rubber in his youth to financially support his family before he built his business empire business focus to timber concessions and oil palm plantations in Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand. Media Chinese International, the media has published more than 30 magazines and newspapers in North America, Southeast Asia and China.
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