From taxi driver to city builder


Big vision: Maha posing next to a miniature model of Greater Springfield, a development which he envisioned two decades ago. — pic taken from Maha’s Facebook account.

PETALING JAYA: To the Aussies and even his own wife, he was “Mad Maha Sinnathamby” for wanting to build a city in Brisbane.

Two decades later, this Malaysian-born entrepreneur is one of the richest men in Australia for persisting with his vision of starting Greater Springfield, billed as one of Down Under’s fastest urban growth regions.

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