Ananda Krishnan, chairman and CEO of Usaha Tegas Holdings, is considered the sixth-richest businessman on the continent

الأسيوية، وهو رجل أعمال ماليزي ساهمت شركته “ماكسيس للإتصالات” بشكل كبير في نجاحه الذي جعله أغنى رجل أعمال في جنوب شرق آسيا.

According to Forbes’ global list, Krishnan’s net worth is estimated at around US$6.7 billion, making him Malaysia’s third-richest businessman..

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Ananda was born in 1938 in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur. He attended Vivekananda School in Brickfields and completed his schooling at Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur. After that,

he attended the University of Melbourne in Australia, where he earned a bachelor’s degree with honors in political science. He then earned a master’s degree in

business administration from Harvard Business School, graduating in 1964.

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He began his career in the oil industry and was the first oil trader to launch Exoil Trading, a company that dealt in oil-trading concessions in

in various countries around the world. He then established the Malaysian consulting firm, Usaha Tegas. In the early 1990s, he began expanding his business activities to include media

and advertising, agriculture, and telecommunications.

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Ananda founded several small companies, including Astro, Johnston, and Berjaya in media, and Bumi, Armada, and Bexco in the oil and gas sectors,

in addition to holding numerous business interests in property development, satellites, and gaming. Through his private company,

أساها تيغاس حصصاً في شركة تانجونغ العامة المحدودة وهي شركة قابضة للإستثمار في عدة مجالات مثل توليد الطاقة تحت اسم “بويرتك” وصناعة

الألعاب عبر شركة “بان الماليزية” وفي مجال الترفيه “تي جي في للسينما” وفي مجال العقارات حيث أنه يمتلك 67% من برج ماكسيس، بالإاضفة

to Malaysia’s largest lottery games.

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Ananda began building his multimedia empire in the early 1990s. It includes Maxis Communications, MEASAT Broadcast Systems, and SES World, which owns

three satellites. He became widely known after finding success with Maxis Communications, the mobile phone service provider he founded in

Malaysia. It has more than 11 million subscribers and revenues of $8.9 billion, making it the country’s most successful company. He also owns stakes in Aircel

and AXIS and Sri Lanka Telecom.

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Ananda is also planning to produce television channels for the Indian market in countries such as the United States, the CIS, and Europe.

الغربية، كما أنه يخطط أيضاً لتقديم خدمات التلفزيون التي تتميز بالتفاعل مع شبكة الإنترنت. ويمتلك أناندا حصصاً في شبكة TVB.com وأرشيف

Shaw Brothers Films.

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Ananda Krishnan lost his position as Malaysia’s second-richest businessman in 2017 due to falling share prices at Maxis Communications and services company

Bumi Armada, an oilfield services company. In 2016, he agreed to merge his debt-ridden Indian mobile phone company Aircel with Indian billionaire Ambani’s

Reliance Communications.