{"id":14453,"date":"2015-03-13T13:04:57","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T05:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=14453"},"modified":"2021-10-13T20:17:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T12:17:58","slug":"top-10-richest-men-in-malaysia-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/top-10-richest-men-in-malaysia-2015","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Richest Men In Malaysia 2015 [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"
Forbes recently released its 2015\u2019s edition of Malaysia\u2019s 50 richest men. This year the list saw some new additions and some changes in net worth.<\/p>\n
\u201cSugar King\u201d Robert Kuok, safeguarded his number one position in the list, saw his net worth slipped by US$200 million (RM722 million) last year due to the plunge in commodity prices to US$11.3 billion.<\/p>\n
Likewise, Ananda Krishna, maintained his second position but saw a drop in wealth from US11.3 billion to US$9.7 billion.<\/p>\n
There have been some changes in net worth and placements in the list, with two new faces in the top 10 list: Goh Peng Ooi, the first technopreneur to hit the top 10 with US$1.6 billion (an increase of US$0.5 billion from last year) and Lee Oi Hian & Lee Hau Hian, who saw their net worth spike from US$1 billion to US$1.5 billion.<\/p>\n
This year, four new contenders joined the top 50 list: real estate tycoon Khoo Cheng Hai, packaging specialist Lim Teck Meng of Scientex Bhd, oil-ship fabricator tycoon Ng Chin Heng of Coastal Contracts Bhd, and co-founder of United Overseas Australia Ltd, Kong Chong Soon.<\/p>\n
The minimum net worth required to be eligible for the list this year is US$240 million, up from US$220 million a year ago.<\/p>\n
Some of the tycoons who saw their net worth slipped due to the sluggish stock market and slump in oil price are Tan Sri Mokhzani Mahathir, an investor in O&G services provider SapuraKencana Petroleum Bhd, by US$700 million, and the Tan Sri Shahril Shamsuddin and Tan Sri Shahriman Shamsuddin, the main investors in SapuraKencana, by US$860 million.<\/p>\n
Even the richest men in Malaysia are affected by the oil price slump and overall economic turmoil in the region. Here is the top 10 Forbes richemtn men in Malaysia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":16482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,256,218,216],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-infographic","category-lifestyle","category-money-management","category-news-updates"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n