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People Shaping Malaysia’s Industries

Public business leaders, founders and executives covered in the context of companies, industries and major developments.

All sectors Automotive & EV Aviation & Mobility Data Centres & Cloud Energy Finance & Fintech Healthcare & MedTech Manufacturing Property Retail & Consumer Semiconductors & E&E SME & Startups Technology & AI

Anthony Tan

Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Grab

Aviation & Mobility · Technology & AI

Photo by Masato Kanda. Source · CC BY 4.0.
Photo detailsAnthony Tan at Davos, 20 January 2026. Archival photograph from the Asian Development Bank president’s photo stream; source crop by Yuqiao. Resized; display crops may vary. The photograph retains its stated licence.

Context photo · not a portrait

Azman Hashim

Chairman Emeritus and Honorary Adviser, AmBank Group

Finance & Fintech

Photo by Taufik. Source · CC0.
Photo detailsAmBank Group Building illuminated at night, 17 February 2026. Company context; not a portrait of Azman Hashim. Resized; display crops may vary. The photograph retains its stated licence.

Context photo · not a portrait

Azman Mokhtar

Chairman, INCEIF University

Finance & Fintech

Photo by Richter Frank-Jurgen. Source · CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo detailsHorasis Annual Meeting, January 2013, in the source photograph catalogued under Azman Mokhtar. Archival group photograph, not an individual portrait. Resized; display crops may vary. The photograph retains its stated licence.

Context photo · not a portrait

Bo Lingam

Group Chief Executive Officer, AirAsia Group Berhad

Aviation & Mobility

Photo by Bahnfrend. Source · CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo detailsAirAsia Airbus A321neo 9M-VAA at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, 23 February 2025. Archival aviation photograph. Resized; display crops may vary. The photograph retains its stated licence.

Francis Yeoh

Executive Chairman, YTL Corporation

Data Centres & Cloud · Energy · Property

Photo by World Economic Forum / Sebastian Derungs, swiss-image.ch. Source · CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo detailsFrancis Yeoh at the World Economic Forum in Davos, 23 January 2013. Archival conference photograph. Resized; display crops may vary. The photograph retains its stated licence.

Ganesh Kumar Bangah

Founder and Executive Chairman, Commerce.Asia

SME & Startups · Technology & AI

Photo by Heer Raj. Source · CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo detailsGanesh Kumar Bangah, 12 May 2020. Archival photograph. Resized; display crops may vary. The photograph retains its stated licence.

Context photo · not a portrait

Jeffrey Cheah

Founder and Chairman, Sunway Group

Healthcare & MedTech · Property

Photo by Cmglee. Source · CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo detailsOriginal Sunway University campus building. Archival company context; not a portrait of Jeffrey Cheah. Resized; display crops may vary. The photograph retains its stated licence.

Jimmy Choo

Founder, JCA London Fashion Academy

Retail & Consumer

Photo by Lawrence Wang. Source · CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo detailsJimmy Choo speaking at TEDxShanghai, 20 May 2012. Archival conference photograph. Resized; display crops may vary. The photograph retains its stated licence.

Joel Neoh

Founding Partner, First Move

Finance & Fintech · SME & Startups

Photo by Wongcheemun24. Source · CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo detailsJoel Neoh at Groupon Malaysia headquarters, 19 December 2013. Archival photograph. Resized; display crops may vary. The photograph retains its stated licence.

Context photo · not a portrait

Lim Kok Thay

Executive Chairman, Genting Berhad

Retail & Consumer

Photo by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas. Source · CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo detailsFirst World Hotel, Genting Highlands, 7 May 2015. Archival company context; not a portrait of Lim Kok Thay. Resized; display crops may vary. The photograph retains its stated licence.

Lip-Bu Tan

Chief Executive Officer, Intel

Manufacturing · Semiconductors & E&E

Photo by United States Department of Commerce. Source · Public domain.
Photo detailsLip-Bu Tan at a US Commerce Department meeting, 22 August 2025. Cropped archival photograph. Resized; display crops may vary. The photograph retains its stated licence.

Nazir Razak

Founding Partner and Chairman, Ikhlas Capital

Finance & Fintech

Photo by Yu Chu Chin. Source · CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo detailsNazir Razak at the Australia–ASEAN Business Forum, 26 August 2025. Archival portrait. Resized; display crops may vary. The photograph retains its stated licence.

Context photo · not a portrait

Tan Hooi Ling

Co-Founder; Former Operating Executive, Grab

Aviation & Mobility · Technology & AI

Photo by Chainwit.. Source · CC BY 4.0.
Photo detailsGrab headquarters at one-north, Singapore, 17 March 2025. Company context; not a portrait of Tan Hooi Ling. Resized; display crops may vary. The photograph retains its stated licence.

Context photo · not a portrait

Tengku Muhammad Taufik

President and Group Chief Executive Officer, PETRONAS

Energy

Photo by Dcubillas. Source · CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo detailsPetronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, 4 November 2008. Archival company context; not a portrait of Tengku Muhammad Taufik. Resized; display crops may vary. The photograph retains its stated licence.

Tony Fernandes

Chief Executive Officer, Capital A

Aviation & Mobility

Photo by World Travel & Tourism Council. Source · CC BY 2.0.
Photo detailsTony Fernandes at the WTTC Global Summit, 27 April 2017. Archival conference photograph. Resized; display crops may vary. The photograph retains its stated licence.

Vijay Eswaran

Founder and Executive Chairman, QI Group

Retail & Consumer

Photo by Richter Frank-Jurgen. Source · CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo detailsVijay Eswaran at the Horasis Asia Meeting in Bangkok, November 2016. Archival conference photograph. Resized; display crops may vary. The photograph retains its stated licence.

Vincent Tan

Founder and Adviser, Berjaya Corporation

Property · Retail & Consumer

Photo by Jon Candy. Source · CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo detailsVincent Tan, 20 June 2012. Archival photograph; not a current portrait. Resized; display crops may vary. The photograph retains its stated licence.

Vishen Lakhiani

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Mindvalley

Technology & AI

Photo by Shafiu Hussain (original photo), cropped by User:WPSamson. Source · CC BY 2.0.
Photo detailsVishen Lakhiani at the Echelon Conference in Singapore, 12 June 2012. Cropped archival photograph. Resized; display crops may vary. The photograph retains its stated licence.

Winnie Loo

Founder, A Cut Above

Retail & Consumer

Photo by Dmaconnection. Source · CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo detailsWinnie Loo. Undated archival portrait; source description and embedded date differ. Resized; display crops may vary. The photograph retains its stated licence.

Context photo · not a portrait

Zainal Abidin Ahmad

President and Chief Executive Officer, Perodua

Automotive & EV

Photo by Bindydad123. Source · CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo detailsPerodua showroom in Penang, 16 February 2019. Archival company-context photograph; not a portrait of Zainal Abidin Ahmad. Resized; display crops may vary. The photograph retains its stated licence.

Zeti Akhtar Aziz

Founding Chair and Co-Chair, Asia School of Business

Finance & Fintech

Photo by US Treasury. Source · Public domain.
Photo detailsZeti Akhtar Aziz, 18 May 2011, during her former Bank Negara governorship. Cropped archival photograph. Resized; display crops may vary. The photograph retains its stated licence.