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Who is Vincent Tan?

Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:45 pm

- On the Forbes billionaire list with an estimated worth of $1.3bn (£800m)

- He is chairman and chief executive of Berjaya Group and its a portfolio, which includes golfing, property, resorts and gambling

- Owns social networking site Friendster.com and has shares in Facebook

- Operates Malaysia's MiTV pay-TV service

- Bought Malaysia's McDonald's franchise in 1982 and in 1985 bought Sports Toto lottery agency

He's not doing bad is he :lol: :ayatollah: :ayatollah:

Re: Who is Vincent Tan?

Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:47 pm

I heard he had sold every mcd's in Malaysia. That would a huge amount. Hes not a dull man :ayatollah:

Re: Who is Vincent Tan?

Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:47 pm

he doesnt own friendster anymore, facebook bought it in 2010 in exchange for 3.5million shares.

Re: Who is Vincent Tan?

Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:32 pm

He's in line to get £100 million richer when Facebook shares are floated on the stock exchange later this year. Let's hope it will help fund a full takeover of the Bluebirds

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... black.html

Re: Who is Vincent Tan?

Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:53 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17142008

This is a good read