The Most Famous
BUSINESSPEOPLE from Malaysia
This page contains a list of the greatest Malaysian Businesspeople. The pantheon dataset contains 847 Businesspeople, 1 of which were born in Malaysia. This makes Malaysia the birth place of the 65th most number of Businesspeople behind United Arab Emirates, and Indonesia.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Malaysian Businesspeople of all time. This list of famous Malaysian Businesspeople is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Tony Fernandes (b. 1964)
With an HPI of 51.74, Tony Fernandes is the most famous Malaysian Businessperson. His biography has been translated into 23 different languages on wikipedia.
Tan Sri Dato' Sri Anthony Francis Fernandes (born 30 April 1964) is a Malaysian entrepreneur. He is the founder of Tune Air Sdn. Bhd., which took over the first Malaysian budget airline, AirAsia. Fernandes turned AirAsia, a failing government-linked commercial airline, into a highly successful budget airline public-listed company. He has since founded the Tune Group of companies. Until 2021, he was the owner of Caterham Group, the parent company of British car manufacturer Caterham Cars. Until July 2023, he was the majority shareholder of Queens Park Rangers F.C.
2. Mukhriz Mahathir (b. 1964)
With an HPI of 48.40, Mukhriz Mahathir is the 2nd most famous Malaysian Businessperson. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Mukhriz bin Mahathir (Jawi: مخرج بن محاضر; born 25 November 1964) is a Malaysian politician and businessman who served as the 11th and 13th Menteri Besar of Kedah from May 2013 to February 2016 and again from May 2018 to May 2020, Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak as well as former Minister Mustapa Mohamed from March 2008 to May 2013, Member of Parliament (MP) for Jerlun from March 2008 to May 2013 and again from May 2018 to November 2022 as well as Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Jitra from May 2018 to August 2023 and for Ayer Hitam from May 2013 to May 2018. He is the third son of Mahathir Mohamad, the 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia. He has been the first and founding president of the Homeland Fighters Party (PEJUANG) since its foundation in August 2020. He was the first and founding deputy president and State Chairman of Kedah of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) from party foundation in September 2016 to his membership termination in May 2020 and was also the State Chairman of Kedah of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He was also a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He left UMNO with Mahathir and they founded BERSATU in 2016. Mahathir and his BERSATU memberships were terminated and they founded PEJUANG in 2020. He is one of the two Menteris Besar of Malaysia who represented two different political parties and coalitions.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Malaysian businesspeople born between 1964 and 1964. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Malaysian businesspeople include Tony Fernandes, and Mukhriz Mahathir. As of April 2024, 1 new Malaysian businesspeople have been added to Pantheon including Mukhriz Mahathir.
