Vincent Tan Chee Yioun is a Malaysian Chinese businessman and investor.
16 Facts About Vincent Tan
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Vincent Tan is the founder of Berjaya Corporation Berhad, a diversified conglomerate listed on the Malaysian stock exchange.
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Vincent Tan was born in Batu Pahat in 1952, and studied at Batu Pahat High School.
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Vincent Tan had originally planned to study law in New Zealand, but as his father's business was failing, he found work as a clerk in a bank instead.
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Vincent Tan then sold life insurance for AIA and became an agency manager at AIA by the age of 23.
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Vincent Tan then started private companies in trading, credit, general insurance and real estate.
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Vincent Tan had association with the then finance minister Daim Zainuddin.
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Vincent Tan injected his shares in Sports Toto into Berjaya to gain control of Berjaya.
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Vincent Tan was replaced by Alisher Apsalyamovby, a 23-year-old Kazakh who was previously on work experience with the club and is a friend of Tan's son.
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In October 2016, Vincent Tan hired Neil Warnock, at the time the oldest working coach in Britain, as manager.
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Under the deal, Cardiff will cooperate with FK Sarajevo, exchanging players and taking part in a football academy, yet to be established, which Vincent Tan has said will lure new talents.
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In 2019, Vincent Tan has convinced the club to sign Malaysian teen sensation Luqman Hakim Shamsudin of Selangor FC for a five-year contract.
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In 2014, it was announced that Vincent Tan was part of a large ownership group involved with Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC, who joined the league in 2018.
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Reports from 2017 indicate that Vincent Tan is looking to sell Cardiff City, his stake in Major League Soccer's Los Angeles FC, and his professional teams in Bosnia and Belgium.
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Vincent Tan is the founder of the Better Malaysia Foundation, which provides interest-free loans and scholarships to students in need.
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In 2017 Vincent Tan donated RM500,000 to Mercy Malaysia and Tzu Chi Malaysia, bringing the total sum of his donations to both organizations to RM7.6 million.