Remembering Ananda Krishnan


FILE PHOTO Malaysia's Ananda Krishnan attends the Allen Co Media Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho July 11, 2012. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File Photo

KUALA LUMPUR: Billionaire tycoon T. Ananda Krishnan, who died on Thursday (Nov 28) at age 86, hardly gave exclusive media interviews, if any, earning him the reputation of a reclusive among Malaysia's richest men.

He guarded his privacy closely but from Google, the following is a famous quote from the enigmatic Ananda in explaining why he shunned publicity: "I have heard some people say I have a low profile. Why should somebody be high profile anyway? I am just doing my job. If you say I have a low profile, then by definition it means I should have a high profile. But why?"

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