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Tan Sri Ananda Kadhnan Case Study

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The first reason that Tan Sri Ananda Krishnan has become a successful entrepreneur is because he was given a philanthropic gift which is a scholarship to earn his undergraduate degree at Melbourne University. After he graduated from Melbourne University as a degree holder, he continues his studies in Harvard University for his MBA and after he graduated, he become an oil trading and he develops the multinational empire that has boosted his fortune to more than $7 billion, making him Southeast Asia’s second-richest person. Then, Tan Sri Ananda Krishnan has made a point of returning the philanthropic favour. According to Forbes, In 1985, he helped the Live Aid rock concert project that raised some $240 million around the world for African famine relief. Since that time he has donated tens millions to education, arts, sports and humanitarian causes in Malaysia through his privately owned holding company, Usaha Tegas, and its three main listed subsidiaries: cell phone operator Maxis; satellite TV and entertainment company Astro All Asia Networks; and Tanjong, which is active in gaming, power generation and property. Fernandez (n.d.), mentions that Tan Sri Ananda Krishnan is contributing to the nation and building a pool of talented and skilled Malaysians, including ones who will be able to manage the new kinds of …show more content…

According to Philanthropy Asia (n.d.), Tan Sri Ananda Krishnan contributed in 2008 to the opening of the Montfort Girls Centre, a counterpart to Selangor’s Montfort Boys Town, which was established in 1959 by the Brothers of St. Gabriel, a Catholic order. The $2 million complex includes a dormitory and training centre where girls can learn baking, computer repair, graphic design and other vocations. Tan Sri Ananda Krishnan is giving opportunities to those who would never have academic, not just to the gifted who would find

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