Tan Sri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun born in 1952 at Batu Pahat, Johor. Known simply as Vincent Tan, is a Malaysian businessperson and investor. He is the Chairman and Chief Executive of Berjaya Corporation Berhad, which is in a wide array of businesses which includes golfing, property, resorts, and gambling in a group known as the Berjaya Group.
In 2010, he entered the Forbes billionaire list with an estimated worth of US$1.3 billion (RM4.2 billion).Tan's success in the Malaysian business sector has been attributed in part to his close association with prominent Malay political figures.
In December 1980,Tan purchased Malaysia's McDonald's franchise and in 1985 he bought Sports Toto when the lottery agency was privatised by the government. Tan obtained the license for his lottery business from an non-tendered privatisation in 1985.
In 2010 Tan bought a controlling share in the Welsh football Premier League side Cardiff City Football Club and in 2013 Bosnian FK Sarajevo. Tan promised to spend £25m to help Cardiff City establish themselves in the Premier League, and publicly stated his interest in listing his 36.1% stake on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE). An IPO (Initial Public Offering) would sell shares in Cardiff City to the public for the first time, in an attempt to gain capital to expand the business.
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