Malaysia Leaders

$2.8 billion — Francis Yeoh comes from a successful family. His father, business tycoon, Yeoh Tiong Lay, is the founder on YTL Corporation. The company is now run of Francis, who is the eldest son. The family has an estimated 2.8 billion dollars and ranks as Forbes’ 6th richest in Malaysia. Yeoh has been voted as Marcopolis’ number 8 most powerful business man in Malaysia.

$860 million — Shahril bin Shamsuddin, President and CEO of SapuraKencana, has a net worth of 860 million dollars, and is ranked as Forbes’ #21 richest man in Malaysia. Shamsuddin has been voted as Marcopolis’ number 6 most powerful business man in Malaysia.

$145 million — Nazir Razak, one of Malaysia’s top banking executives, ranks #32 on the Forbes richest in Malaysia, with an estimated net worth of 145 million dollars. Razak has been voted as Marcopolis’ number 7 most powerful business man in Malaysia.

$155 million — Liew Kee Sin is ranked as Forbes’ 35th richest man in Malaysia, with an estimated net worth of 155 million dollars. Sin has been voted as Marcopolis’ number 5 most powerful business man in Malaysia.

$5.5 billion — Lim Kok Thay, a successful entrepreneur, is Malaysia’s #5 richest man, according to Forbes, with an estimated net worth of 5.5 billion dollars. Thay has been voted as Marcopolis’ number 4 most powerful business man in Malaysia.

$9.7 billion — Ananda Krishnan, according to Forbes, has a net worth of 9.7 billion dollars, and ranks #2 in Malaysia’s richest, and #129 in the world. Krishnan has been voted as Marcopolis’ number 3 most powerful business man in Malaysia.

$2.9 billion — With net worth $2.9 billion, according to Forbes, Al-Bukhary was ranked as Marcopolis’ #1 most powerful business man in Malaysia.