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$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.
$5.3 billion — Quek Leng Chan, Malaysian tycoon who is the Chairman of a privately held conglomerate, is the world’s 265th richest man, and Malaysia’s 3rd, with a net worth of 5.3 billion dollars.Chan has been voted as Marcopolis’ number 9 most powerful business man in Malaysia.
Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz, governor of Malaysia’s central bank, Bank Negara Malaysia, is one of Forbes’ richest in Malaysia. As the 7th governor of the central bank, Aziz is also the first woman to take the position. Aziz has been voted as Marcopolis’ number 10 most powerful business person in Malaysia.
$865 million — With a net worth estimated to about 865 million dollars, Azman Hashim ranks on Forbes’ list of Malaysia’s richest at #20. Hashim, a self-made millionaire, founded and heads AmBank Group. Azman has been voted as Marcopolis’ number 11 most powerful business person in Malaysia.
n/a — Azman bin Haji Mokhtar, a Malaysian Sovereign Wealth Fund leader, is Managing Director of Khazanah Nasional, as well as Chairman of Iskandar Investment and Axiata Group. Mokhtar has been voted as Marcopolis’ number 12 most powerful business person in Malaysia.
n/a — Zamzamzairani Mohd Isa, who is also known as Zam, is currently the CEO and Managing Director of Telekom Malaysia. Zam has been voted as Marcopolis’ number 13 most powerful business person in Malaysia.
n/a — Abdul Ghani Othman, one of Malaysia’s most wealthy and prominent corporate leaders, is currently Chairman of Sime Darby, a multinational conglomerate involved in five key sectors. Othman has been voted as Marcopolis’ number 14 most powerful business person in Malaysia.
$12.1 billion — Robert Kuok is Forbes’ wealthiest man in Malaysia for the tenth straight year. The founder of Kuok Group has an estimated net worth of 12.1 billion dollars. Kuok has been voted as Marcopolis’ number 15 most powerful business person in Malaysia.
The government of Kurdistan Region is doing everything necessary to achieve self-sufficiency of the Region within the new federal Iraq. Kurdistan Region is well-known for its investment-friendly law thanks to which the Investment Board of Kurdistan has been so far able to attract more than $22 billion of investments since 2006. Mr. Barzani also stresses the importance of understanding and recognition of the difficulties the Region had to overcome in the past.
Minister of Transportation and Communications of Iraqi Kurdistan talks about the main responsibilities of the Ministry and the strategic transportation projects in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan.
