IN his typical no holds barred manner, the exuberant Tan Sri Abu Sahid Mohamed gives StarBizWeek an insight into his entire 17 years of involvement in the long-ailing Perwaja Steel. Reiterating the fact that the asset was thrust on to him by the Government, Abu Sahid says “I am not crazy to have wanted this.
I am an operator (of businesses) and that’s why I was asked to turn this around”. Abu Sahid also recalls how there were a number of offers coming to him in the early days of him taking over Perwaja by local and foreign players including by the Mittal Steel company, which he turned down as that would have meant Perwaja would no longer be the country’s main steel supplier.
