8 interesting facts about Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary

1) He still driving an old models of Proton Perdana that he purchased before he became the owner of Proton Company itself (page viii)

2) He is a very sentimental person. His first office at Teluk Wanjah, Alor Setar is still preserved in its original condition, including the original furniture that has been used since 1975, as well as the earliest rice trucks, cars and scales owned rice company. Everything is still kept up until today.

3) Syed Mokhtar Albukhary will drive back to Alor Setar each month to visit his mother, Sharifah Rokiah, although he is more than capable of using private plane , or at least use a personal driver (page viii)

4) He also has never been a member of any exclusive club as the prevalence of any successful corporate figure. (page 3)

5) Do not like to sleep in air-conditioned room, but after getting married, he compromised on this. (page187)

6) Every single year he will go to Mecca to perform the Umrah. (page 171)

7) He also sponsored 50 paupers for pilgrimage every single year. (page 72)

8) He is also not a racist person. He is practicing of donating part of his income to poor families, regardless of their race. (page 119)