Robert Kuok, the sugar king who owns a string of five-star hotels in the region, retained his position as the richest individual in Malaysia with assets worth a staggering RM50.04 billion. with telecommunications tycoon T. Ananda Krishnan, who is worth RM45.78 billion, coming in a close second. In third place is Public Bank chairman Tan [...]

Hundreds of Malaysians who tore up their passports and set off for Britain in the belief they could claim citizenship under a quirk of colonial law have found themselves stateless and desperate. “Dee”, a trained architect from the resort island of Penang, is now reduced to washing up dishes at a Chinese restaurant in central [...]

Malaysia’s 40 wealthiest are worth $36 billion, down from $46 billion a year ago. That loss is largely in line with the 21% drop in the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index and not too bad considering the fact that the Malaysian ringgit has lost 10% against the U.S. dollar, the currency in which net worths are [...]

Malaysian tycoon Tan Sri Robert Kuok continues to maintain his lead position as Malaysia’s richest man in the latest Forbes Asia’s rich list. According to Forbes Asia, Kuok, 84, who has many businesses, including Hong Kong property and media interests, and most notably palm oil giant Wilmar, increased his net worth from US$2.4 billion last [...]

Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin who was released on bail Friday said that he did not go on “hunger strike” in prison. He also vowed to continue updating his Malaysia Today news portal in a day or two. Raja Petra, 58, said he had refused to eat because “prison food is paid by [...]

Malaysian Business magazines in its February 2008 issue has published their survey of 40 Richest Malaysians. The ranking is as follows; Robert Kuok Hock Nien, 84, RM 58.110 billion, Kerry/Kuok Group T. Ananda Krishnan, 69, RM 19.625 billion, Usaha Tegas Tan Sri Lee Shin Cheng, 69, RM 14.943 billion, IOI Group Tan Sri Quek Leng [...]