Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – This is the story of Syed Mokhtar Albukhary, a businessman from Malaysia who has assets of US$ 1.3 billion or Rp. 20.6 trillion. Interestingly, his journey to success as an entrepreneur was thanks to following his parents' advice.
This story takes place in the 1960s. Mokhtar, who comes from a low-income family, means he has to help his parents with their sales. The mother is a vegetable trader. While his father is a farmer. Every day he participates in the frenzied trading on the market. Quote MuslimInsiderthis process then honed his entrepreneurial skills from a young age even after dropping out of school.
The results have been honed for a long time, when he started his own business at the age of 20 or in 1970, Shad was not confused. He already knew what to do when starting a business. As a result, this man who was born on December 12 1951 started his own business without hesitation after receiving a loan from the government.
He started his business as a rice trader and truck rental. The trucks owned are used to transport rice from other traders. As a result, he can make more profits apart from selling rice. Even though he was still starting a small-scale business, Mokhtar remembered his mother's words: that some of the money he had should be given to charity. From here he routinely gave his profits as a rice trader to 15 poor families.
“Wealth has to circulate. When you make money, you have to give it away. My mother taught us that nothing is yours until you give it with all your heart in the hope that it will make someone's life easier,” he said as quoted from Nardy Seal.
Who would have thought that such attitudes combined with entrepreneurial skills from childhood would make every step of Mokhtar's business a success. Not long after, he received a contract to supply rice to the government. Since then, his business has grown rapidly and has become an example of a successful indigenous entrepreneur in Malaysia.
Apart from being a rice trader, he is also known to do business in the plantation, port and manufacturing sectors. Specifically in the manufacturing sector, he is known to be also involved in the production of military clothing and other well-known brands. Thanks to all that business, Forbes recognized him as the richest person in Malaysia since 2005. In fact, in 2013 he was listed as the 50th richest person in the world. Now, Forbes lists him as the 11th richest person in Malaysia with assets of US$ 1.3 billion or Rp. 20.6 trillion.
Even when he became the richest man, he still followed his parents' advice about giving alms. He is active in philanthropic activities in Malaysia. Apart from that, he also doesn't want to show off his wealth and chooses to live a simple life.
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