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Ananda Krishnan (Tatparanandam Ananda Krishnan) was born on 1 April, 1938 in day Malaysia), is a businessman. Discover Ananda Krishnan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?
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Tatparanandam Ananda Krishnan |
Occupation |
Chairman, PanOcean Management Ltd Chairman, Usaha Tegas Sdn Bhd |
Age |
86 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Aries |
Born |
1 April 1938 |
Birthday |
1 April |
Birthplace |
Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya (modern-day Malaysia) |
Nationality |
Malaysia |
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He is a member of famous businessman with the age 86 years old group.
Ananda Krishnan Height, Weight & Measurements
At 86 years old, Ananda Krishnan height not available right now. We will update Ananda Krishnan's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Ananda Krishnan Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Ananda Krishnan worth at the age of 86 years old? Ananda Krishnan’s income source is mostly from being a successful businessman. He is from Malaysia. We have estimated
Ananda Krishnan's net worth
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Net Worth in 2023 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
Salary in 2023 |
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Net Worth in 2022 |
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Salary in 2022 |
Under Review |
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Source of Income |
businessman |
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Timeline
In January 2015 Ananda Krishnan and the Usaha Tegas Group launched the Yu Cai Foundation (YCF). YCF provides student scholarships for Mandarin-based schools and grants to educational institutions which promote the study of vernacular languages, especially Mandarin and English.
In 2010 Krishnan was featured on the Forbes list of 48 Heroes of Philanthropy.
In 2008 he contributed to the opening of the Montfort Girls Centre to help orphaned and underprivileged girls develop their vocational skills.
In 2006 Ananda Krishnan's media company Astro introduced its scholarship program, promising to devote an annual RM2 million to support promising Malaysian undergraduate and graduate students studying media and broadcasting.
In 2003 Krishnan's Usaha Tegas launched the Harapan Nusantara education fund. Since 2004 the fund has sponsored 100 students a year to attend special programs at local private universities that collaborate with foreign universities. In the same year the company also started the Yu Cai Education Foundation with a grant of $6.6 million to help ethnic Chinese groups.
Krishnan's first entrepreneurial venture was a Malaysian consultancy MAI Holdings Sdn Bhd. He set up Exoil Trading, which went on to purchase oil drilling concessions in various countries. Later, he moved into gambling (in Malaysia). In the early part of the 1990s, he started diversifying into the multimedia arena.
Krishnan first came to prominence by helping to organise the Live Aid concert with Bob Geldof in the mid-1980s. In the early 1990s, he began building a multimedia empire that now includes two telecommunication companies—Maxis Communications, MEASAT Broadcast Network Systems and SES World Skies—and has three communication satellites circumnavigating the earth.
Tatparanandam Ananda Krishnan (Tamil: த. ஆனந்தகிருஷ்ணன்) (born 1 April 1938) is a Malaysian-Tamil businessman, the Chairman of Usaha Tegas Sdn Bhd and founder of Yu Cai Foundation (YCF). Nicknamed A.K., currently he is estimated to have a net worth of US$5.8 billion according to Forbes' latest annual list of wealthiest people, making him the third-wealthiest in Malaysia.
Ananda Krishnan was born in 1938 in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur. Ananda Krishnan has his roots in Jaffna. He studied at Vivekananda Tamil School in Brickfields and furthered his studies at Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur. Later, as a Colombo Plan scholar, he attended the University of Melbourne, Australia for his B.A. (Honours) degree majoring in political science. During that time he boarded in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn. Following that, Krishnan obtained a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School, graduating in 1964.