Biography for Ananda Krishnan

• Supinda Chakrabhandui (previous)

Secondary

• Victoria High School, Kuala Lumpur.

Tertiary

• Wins Colombo Plan Scholarship to Melbourne University, Australia. 1956
• University of Melbourne, Australia.1959 Political Science & Economy graduate.
• Harvard Business, School, United States. 1962-1964 M.B.A.

• 1956 Worked for a short while at an Australian newspaper company during his university days.
• 1959 Management Trainee, Guthrie Berhad. Later joined Consultancy Arthur D. Little Inc.
• 1964 Sets up a consultancy company, MAI Holdings in Kuala Lumpur.
• 1967 Formed a number of ventures with Australian mining engineer Ken MacMahon, founder of Mineral Securities (Minsec).
• 1968 Set up Exoil Trading.
• 1969 Bought Indonesian offshore oil concession after strike by independent driller Natomas.
• 1970 Recruited Asian investors for two mutual funds launched by Minsec. Minsec collapses, and Krishnan moved to London.
• 1971 Married Supinda Chakrabhandu, a Thai royal origin.
• 1974 Advised Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah on creation of the national oil company, PETRONAS.
• 1976 Acts as a go-between in the takeover of London Tin.
• 1984 Incorporates Usaha Tegas, now the holding company for his Malaysian operations.
• 1984-1986 Director, PETRONAS board.
• Director, Bank Negara board.
• 1985 A. Krishnan organised the Live Aid Concert, to raise funds for the Ethiopian famine victims in 1985, in London and Philadelphia.
• 1988 Established Pan Malaysian Pools Sendirian Berhad as Usaha Tegas's wholly owned gambling vehicle. Pan Malaysian Sweeps Sendirian Berhad, another 100-percent-owned company, wins contract to run nationwide lottery.
• 1988 Wins approval to operate numbers and horse-race betting concessions held by Malaysia's three turf clubs.
• 1989 Pays a reported RM40 million to purchase the 39-hectare Selangor Turf Club site, to be developed as the Kuala Kumpur City Centre.
• 1989 Won management control of the country's Totalisator Board and its Numbers Forecast Operations (used in horse racing).
• 1991 Uses reverse takeover to acquire Tanjong Tin Dredging PLC, which in turn acquires 100 percent of Pan Malaysian Pools from Kishnan's own Usaha Tegas, Tanjong PLC, as it is renamed, is relisted in Kuala Lumpur and London.
• 1991 Signs memoranda of understanding with U.S based Hughes Aircraft and France's Arianespace for building and launching of two satellites.
• 1991 Strikes deal with national oil company PETRONAS, which pays $248 million for a 51 percent stake in Kuala Lumpur City Center project.
• 1993 Through private vehicle Binariang, A. Krishnan is awarded Malaysia's first mobile telephone and satellite licenses.
• 1994 A. Krishnan bought a satellite from Hughes Aircraft of the United States.
• Through Binariang(own company), he is entrusted with the task of setting up Malaysia's first communications satellite .
• Dec 1995 A. Krishnan is the first Malaysian to purchase the Falcon.
• Jan 1996 Measat's first satellite was launched.
• Jul 1997 Ananda is the 65th out of the 200 richest person in the world as stated in the FORBES magazine on Assets of the International Corporate Personalities. (For further information, please refer to Berita Harian July 15, 1997).
• Celestial Pictures Limited owned by Usaha Tegas, Ananda, entered a deal landed it with almost 800 titles from the Shaw Brother's studio classic films. The films are those made in the 60's, 70's and 80's.
• Feb 18, 2003 T.Ananda Krishnan has emerged as the wealthiest Malaysian this year with a total wealth of RM8.77 billion
• Feb 17, 2004 T. Ananda Krishnan, who is worth RM12.87 billion, was in second place, as Malaysia's richest man.
  

• 1964 MAI Sendirian Berhad. own company
• 1968 EXOIL Trading. own company
• 1984 Usaha Tegas Sendirian Berhad. own company
• Pan Malaysian Sweeps Sendirian Berhad. own company
• Seri Kuda Sendirian Berhad. own company
• Binariang Sendirian Berhad. own company
• MEASAT (Malaysia East Asia Satellite). own company
• Tanjung Plc. Chairman
• Sitt Tatt Berhad. Non-Executive Chairman
• NR Labs (M) Sendirian Berhad. Executive Director
• KLCC Holdings Sendirian Berhad. Deputy Chairman
• Kuala Lumpur City Centre Berhad. Deputy Chairman
• Excorp Limited. Chairman
• Bumi Armada Berhad Chairman
• Maxis Communication Berhad Owned 70% of Maxis

• 2000-2001 Fellow, Academy Sciences Malaysia (ASM). (Science and Technology Development & Industry)

• 1994 Vice Chairman, Australian-Malaysian Foundation.