Malaysian Outstanding Personnel: Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary

This is one particular person that I'm proud of (although he don't even know me). 
He is after all the most successful and well known business person, and you can't simply said that you haven't heard of YAYASAN AL-Bukhary/Al-Bukhary Foundation. Not only rich, Syed Mokhtar is also known to be a philanthropist, where he make good use of his wealth to help people in need (orphanage, giving scholarship etc.)  A little background info about this amazing Bumiputera :

Full name: Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Shah bin Syed Nor Al-Bukhary          
Age: 61 (born on 1952)
Place of birth: Alor Star, Kedah
He is the third son from 7 siblings in his family
Education: Sekolah Saint Michael, Alor Setar (SPM)
Ranks: No.526 in Forbes List, No.8 in Malaysian 50 richest person

As I have mention before, he donates a lot of his wealth for charity purposes, both locally and internationally.Among his contributions are:

Al-Bukhary Mosque in Alor Star

• Al-Bukhary Orpahanage 
• Al-Bukhary Scholarship
• Al-Bukahry Mosque in Alor Star
• Involved with the maintenance of Mohiyudheen Mosque, Payyannur, Kerala, India and Al-Rahma Mosque, Azhikode, India
• Gives charity for Lebanon Humanitarian Fund

Syed Mokhtar being the only Malay figure in the top 10 list

Actually, there are lots more of his contribution, but those are just to state a few of it. Syed Mokhtar did taught me one thing though, that is "everyone can become rich. But what matters is the contribution done towards the society when you're rich". May God bless you~

Enjoy this tribute video 


Sources:

• http://amioz.blogspot.com/2010/02/siapa-tan-sri-syed-mokhtar-al-bukhary.html
• http://www.forbes.com/profile/syed-mokhtar-albukhary/
• http://mokhtaralbukhary.blogspot.com/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed_Mokhtar_Al-Bukhary
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw8elNZZpck