Mohamed Nazir bin Abdul Razak was born on 19 November 1966 and is a Malaysian banking executive.
12 Facts About Nazir Razak
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Nazir Razak was chairman of CIMB Group, one of the largest financial services providers in Malaysia and ASEAN.
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Nazir Razak was CEO of the group from 1999 to 2014.
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Nazir Razak's father died when he was 9 years and two months old.
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Nazir Razak attended St John's Institution and Alice Smith School and continued his secondary education at Oundle School in the United Kingdom from age 13.
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Nazir Razak obtained his Bachelor of Science in Economics and Politics from the University of Bristol and went on to obtain a Master of Philosophy in Development Economics from Pembroke College, the University of Cambridge.
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Nazir Razak rose to become managing director and Chief executive of the bank, which by then was known as CIMB, in 1999.
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Nazir Razak has been a member of the International Advisory Board at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford since 2015.
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In October 2016, Nazir Razak was appointed as the inaugural chair of World Economic Forum's ASEAN Regional Business Council, which aims to champion initiatives that call for trust and co-operation between the public and private sectors in the region.
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Nazir Razak was the youngest recipient of FinanceAsia's 'Lifetime Achievement Award' in 2009 and was awarded Euromoney's 2012 'Outstanding Achievement Award' in recognition of this outstanding contribution to the Asian Financial Markets.
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Nazir Razak was married to Azlina Aziz, who is the daughter of Abdul Aziz Taha, a former governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, until 2023.
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On 17 November 2023, Nazir Razak married Yati Zainuddin, a businesswoman.