Ybhg tan sri azman hashim biography

Malaysian businessman

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name.

YBHG. TAN SRI DATO’ AZMAN HASHIM - ums.edu.my

The name Hashim is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Azman. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Tan SriAzman bin Hashim (born 17 July 1939),^[1][2] is a Malaysian investor who is one of the richest people in Malaysia and his net worth was estimated by Forbes to be US$660 million in 2024.

Early life

Tan Sri Azman Hashim was born on 17 July 1939 in Kuala Lumpur to a family of thirteen siblings and spent his childhood in Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur.^{[citation needed]}

His mother was a school teacher who later became headmistress of the Kampung Baru Girls' School.^{[citation needed]}

In 1954, he sat for the Senior Cambridge Examination and obtained a first grade.

He was offered accountancy on a Colombo Plan Scholarship which took him to Australia from 1955 to 19 AHIBS Advisory Council Members | Azman Hashim International ... MAS