Tan Sri Ananda Krishnan Family
Sarena serves as the group s executive director and since 2015 has been leading sunway s property division as well.
Tan sri ananda krishnan family. He is known to lead a very humble life where his family includes 2 daughters and his son who is a theravada buddhist monk. According to forbes latest annual list of wealthiest people tan sri ananda krishnan is the fourth wealthiest man in south east asia and ranked 93th wealthiest man in the world. His parents were of srilankan origin and spoke tamil. He did his schooling in vivekananda tamil school.
Delivered by ajahn siripanno the only son of malaysia s second richest man who is ananda krishan who is second generation sri lankan tamil his mother is thai. Malaysia s star newspaper reported monday that a state. Honours degree majoring in political science. Ananda was born in the year 1938 in brickfields kuala lumpur.
He founded astro the only satellite tv service provider in malaysia and maxis the leading telco name in the country. Tan sri tatparanandam ananda krishnan is a tamil malaysian of sri lankan tamil origin businessman and philanthropist. The then youngster refused opportunity to work with his father to expand his father s empire personal fortune more than usd 8. Jeffrey cheah the founder and chairman of the sunway group.
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. He refused opportunity to work with his father to expand his father s empire personal fortune more than usd 8 billion forbes and instead chose the life of a simple buddhist monk 18 years ago. Ananda krishnan was born in 1938 in brickfields kuala lumpur to tamil parents who were of sri lankan origin. Sarena is the eldest daughter of tan sri dato seri dr.
Tan sri ananda krishnan is the man responsible for revolutionizing the telco industry of malaysia. Image by getty images via daylife malaysia s second richest tycoon ananda krishnan may have found a buyer for his power generation assets. The sixth richest man of asia and a successful business tycoon tatparanandam ananda krishnan was born in kuala lumpur malaysia to tamil parents of sri lankan origin.