Nasimuddin Turned His Love For Cars Into A Multi-Million-Ringgit Empire

Malaysia Star:

To the general public, the late Tan Sri S.M. Nasimuddin S.M. Amin was the founder and chairman of the Naza Group, but to his friends and associates, he was a jovial, if soft spoken, and kind-hearted man, the kind of man who would do anything for a friend.

For someone whose business empire stretched from automobile and motorcycle manufacturing, distribution and retail to plantations and food franchising, Nasimuddin was in his own words ‘a simple man’, preferring to wear a pair of locally-made shoes.

Born on Jan 27, 1955 in Kuala Pilah, Negri Sembilan, he received his formal education at SM Tuanku Muhammad there.

He was 21 when he started in the auto industry as a car importer and trader.

‘I scrimped and saved every sen I got from the money I received from my parents since my schooldays and what I earned helping my father in his construction business. My family was not rich but I saved up and ended up with RM80,000,’ he told The Star in a rare interview in February 2006.

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