Ananda Krishnan
Tatparanandam Ananda Krishnan is a Malaysian businessman and philanthropist, the Chairman of Usaha Tegas Sdn Bhd and founder of Yu Cai Foundation.
- Harvard Business School grad and former oil-trader, he is Malaysia’s fourth-richest person.
- His holdings include stakes in telecom outfit Maxis, media firm Astro Malaysia Holdings and oilfield services-provider Bumi Armada.
- Krishnan’s Indian telecom firm, Aircel, in which he had invested an estimated $7 billion, filed for bankruptcy protection in 2018.
- He has been embroiled in a long-running legal battle with Indonesian billionaire Mochtar Riady‘s Lippo Group over their failed pay-TV venture.
