OUTCOME ORIENTED - Ananda Krishnan

Ananda Krishnan is an MBA holder from Harvard University in 1964.  Prior to that, he received his education from Victoria Institution and Vivekananda Tamil School in Kuala Lumpur. He attended the University of Melbourne, Australia to complete his degree.  He is the founder of the usaha sdn Bhd . And he has a 70 Percent Share on it.  Besides that, he also has a full, 100 percent of the property in Binariang Satellites Systems or BSS.  The aspiration is to make MEASAT Broadcast Network Systems and Astro as a global media company.  Through Satellites Systems Binariang he has two satellites in orbit such as MEASAT -1 and MEASAT 2. 43 per cent stake in KLCC Holdings.  But, he had already sold his interest in the KLCC Holdings and received RM1.2 billion.    The usaha Sdn Bhd also has a 33 percent stake in Tanjong Plc, a 90 percent stake in Maxis Communications Berhad, a 100 per cent stake in MEASAT Broadcast Network Systems and  Tanjong Plc also has a 84 percent share Powertek Bhd.  He also has a stake in Bumi Armada Berhad, the shipping company. The objective of the bersatu Sdn Bhd, with 49 percent interest. Film company based in Hong Kong , namely Celestial Pictures Ltd. with a 100 per cent stake . Ananda Krishnan interest in Celestial Pictures Ltd. purchased from the Shaw Brothers in 2000 at a price of RM292.6 million.  Beside that, two companies namely Zodan and Zudavi . The two companies are among six companies which were granted explore oil and gas in Indonesia in 2001. His interest in Bumi Armada Berhad acquired through objective Emirates Sdn . Bhd ., A company that was bought by entrepreneur named Wan Ariff Wan Hamzah .

            

Among the successful projects and bring in substantial revenue is KLCC development project which is a partnership between the usaha tegas Sdn Bhd  and Petronas.  Through its stake in Tanjong Plc, the usaha tegas Sdn Bhd has interests in the entertainment industry as in Tanjong Golden Village Cinemas. Both Powertek Berhad Tanjong Plc has a market capitalization of RM2.2 billion and RM1.2 billion.  Maxis Communications & MEASAT Broadcast Network Systems. Maxis is the biggest cellular phone company in Malaysia with over 5 millions subscribers and hold 30% of Malaysia's market share.  This is a bigger outcome for Ananda khrisnan. 

In additions, Astro Satellite TV service now available in many countries such as Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia, India, the Philippines, Brunei and Vietnam.  In Malaysia alone,  850,000 people use the Astro satellite TV service.  Astro is now worth RM4 billion.  Binariang is the first national satellite television company, was granted a monopoly for 20 years, ie until 2017.  Other than that, Astro get the excellence of the ‘Gold’ award in the media and entertainment category at the putra brand awards for 6 years in a row  from 2010 to 2015, including the ‘Brand of the Year’ award which is in 2012 and the ‘Brand Icon’ award in 2013.  This outcome have prove that the intelligent of Ananda krisnan have bring a lot of benefit to his company.

           

Besides that, Ananda Krishnan  has interests in oil and gas in the United States, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Indonesia and so on. He is also said to have two animation studios, one in the Philippines and another in Hollywood.  He also has a horse breeding farm in Australia.  In addition,  Ananda Krishnan also has interests in TVB, namely interactive TV based in Hong Kong.  In his course of life, he has been contributing huge sums of energy and money for the charity and foundations. He donated as much as RM 160 millions to  help towards developing and providing education opportunities for Bumiputra in Malaysia.  And now Ananda  krisnan is a billionaire with net worth is $9.8 billion us dollar of May 2015 according to Forbes