Ananda Krishnan is a very secretive billionaire. Even though he is the third richest Malaysian selfmade billionaire, he shuns publicity. Born in Brickfield, Kuala Lumpur in Malaya in 1938, his parents are Sri Lankan Tamils. An excellent student, he won a Colombo Scholarship to study in University of Melbourne. After that he earned MBA from Harvard University in 1964. He made his first fortune as an oil trader, his second fortune in gambling and third fortune in telecom. At its height, he had a net worth of more than $11 Billion. Then his empire showed some cracks. Aircel of India lost $7 Billion, turned bankrupt and worse still turned into a scandals as he was accused of money laundering and investigated by CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) of India. His only son Ajahn Siripanno, abandoned the billion dollar empire and became a Thai forest monk. He is still one of richest Buddhist billionaire in Asia.
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