Aananda Krishnan

      Being an anti–orthodox Malaysian figure, Tatparanandam Ananda  Krishnan is an entrepreneur that should be mentioned. Born in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur in 1938, he is currently estimated to hold a net worth of RM 32 Billion. With this extremely big figure, he succeeded brought himself up climbing the rank in Forbes to the 129^th place in the world, and 2^nd place in Malaysia. Most of the billionaires in the world are easily spotted and recognized based on their lifestyles, Krishnan prefers to have a low profile state of living and it is clearly shown and witnessed amongst the people. According to Sydney Morning Herald (May 28, 2011), Tatparanandam is familiar with his own quote: "I have heard some people say I have a low profile. Is that important for somebody be high profile, anyway? I am just doing my job." He is the founder and CEO of Usaha Tegas Sdn. Bhd., which is a Malaysian investment holding company which its principal investments include telecommunications, media, property, oil  and gases companies. 

Ananda Krishnan

     According to Sydney Morning Herald (May 28, 2011),  Malaysians are recognized him for his public listed entities such as Maxis Berhad and Astro Holdings Sdn. Bhd. Maxis was one of the earliest telecommunication company existed in Malaysia, which is supplying cellular networks services to those have their cell phones or mobile phones. Meanwhile Astro is a famous broadcasting company. Abroad, Astro is similar to Netflix, but its content is much safer and filtered to match all audience age range. All those achievements were made and resulted from high interest in properties, and splendid knowledge in business which he fathom through education. Krishnan studied at Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur when he was a student. After he did his diploma and degree in Malaysia, he succeeded to attend the University of Melbourne, Australia chasing his B.A (Honor’s) degree majoring in political science. His final stage in pursuing business knowledge was completed as he finished his Master’s in Business Administration from Harvard Business School. 

      According to Sydney Morning Herald (May 28, 2011),  Krishnan realized that single source income would not offer long term career assurance, Krishnan widened his business across the sea especially throughout the Asia. In the early 1990s, he started establishing a cross county multimedia corporations that also includes the famous MEASAT Broadcast Network Systems.  Krishnan ‘s companies and sub holdings acquired 3 satellites that circumnavigating the globe Currently. He succeed in widening business is a crystal clear evidence of Krishna being a networked individual. These success are related to his open culture mind where he can easily adapt and comprehend the business cultures of people from myriad societies across the nations both domestic and international. Therefore, he was willing to free up his mind by untangling narrow perspectives that might originated from our nation itself. He is special then others as sometimes people may disagree strongly when receiving any huge and drastic changes that were meant to ease up their life. 

      Ananda Krishnan is also popular with his extraordinary entrepreneurial flair and visionary in all terms and situations. The idea of the 88–store PETRONAS Twin Tower came out from his intelligence, he sold out that idea to former Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohammad quickly as he realized that the future chances would be so much wider with the presence of mutual cooperation. "In Asia, personal relationships are important, but you cannot personalize diplomacy”. Krishnan‘s thoughts are all known for its accurate definitions in business term. Some people even doubt it although they do not fully understand what does the quote means. Until now, he is respected for his apolitical view on building multidirectional relationship across all hierarchy. Ananda Krishnan and Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohammad is a close friend and they used to contact each other for discussing about the development of economic in Malaysia through the networked. That is why networked is important in running business. 

      Many fascinate Krishnan’s ability to see and visionary future prospects and opportunities in many aspects; yet until now it is still difficult to find an individual whom has such clear view and positive outlooks. Krishnan has observant character is nakedly proved in the early development of our nation flagship, the PETRONAS Twin Tower or also known as Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC). People would easily state that the tower belong to the PETRONAS Holdings but many citizen never know that it was just a land. The twin tower is built on Jalan Ampang Land which company is owned by Krishnan As a property enthusiast, Krishnan built the Twin Tower and upon the constructions complete, he sold one of the tower to PETRONAS at a price which comprises the cost of the land and both of the towers. Basically, he gain double the profit after sold out the building. 

     There are lots of successful individuals all over the world stands with a pillar of strength which Ananda Krishan has said  “No risks, No incomes”. Ananda is an open–risk taker in every single decision he made. Although he completely be aware of the total net costs of his investments he put in could bring his life all the way back to his fountainhead, he is willing to put risks. Krishnan are more likely to be wary that even if he lost a bet, the failure could make him a wiser person. He has sparked a prevailing controversy after one of his subsidiaries staked a claim in a telecommunication company in Sri Lanka. Nonetheless, he remained on track with his positivity and managed to survive the slight hindrance without any major disruption in his business operations.

Ananda Krishnan