The Mother Of Success In Tan Sri Robert Kuok Hock Nien

Predecessors said that failure is the mother of success but in my personal experience, success is also the mother of failure. A quote from a successful male entrepreneur in Malaysia which is Tan Sri Robert Kuok Hock Nien. He was born on October 6, 1923 in Johor Bahru, Johor and is the youngest among the 3 siblings. His father was a Chinese business man, helped his uncle to run rice, soybeans and sugar business. Since the Kuok family became local small rich, Robert’s father able to provide education for him and he was graduated from the popular Singapore Raffles College. Good education became a foundation or base for Robert to manage his business.
According to Forbes, he is the richest man in Malaysia and his net worth is estimated to be around $9.6 billion as of October 2015. More than that, the Forbes’s List of World Billionaires 2015 showed that Robert was placed 110th. He is well-known for the fortunes he made

He tends to behave in a way that can potentially cause physical harm or financial loss, but might also present an opportunity for a rewarding outcome. Most business types that thrive on innovation will encourage a risk taker mentality among management to help support the creative process in other staff members. For instance, in 1970, he acquired a large number of raw sugar, and has invested heavily in sugar trading before the rising of sugar prices. With the rise in sugar prices, he shocked the international sugar market by purchasing 600 thousand ringgit in one fell swoop. Robert and Kuok Brothers not only mastered the 80 percent Malaysian sugar market, but also through multilateral trade, total control of sugar per year of about 1.5 million tons, accounting for about 20 percent of international sugar market. Robert has boarded the "Asia sugar king" throne during the age of 40. An open risk taker is brave to take risks and make decisions and Robert believes that a person will success only if the person takes