PUBLIC FIGURE THAT RELATED TO

SADAQAH AT THIS TIME

TAN SRI SYED MOKHTAR AL-BUKHARY

WHO IS HE?
Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary is the richest Bumiputera corporate figure in Malaysia.
He was born in 1952 at Alor Setar, Kedah and the third of seven children born into a
middle low-class of Hadhrami Arab ancestry.
He owns 51.8% share in Malaysian Mining Corporation via his wholly owned company,
Syarikat seaport terminal (Johore) sdn bhd. a subsidiary company Syarikat Indra Cita
Sdn. Bhd. Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar and Zainal Hatim personally owns SKS Ventures,
which was awarded the task of building the site for 2100MW coal-fired power station at
Tanjung Bin, Johor.
With involvement in diversified business areas which include transportation and
logistics, plantations, property development, defence and armory as well as engineering
and power generation, he has a net worth estimated to be US$2.90 billion according to
Forbes, making him the 8th richest Malaysian.

WHAT HE DO?

AL-BUKHARY FOUNDATION
Syed Mokhtar has founded this foundation
in 1996 which has been build and manage
Islamic Arts Museum that worth RM70
million in Kuala Lumpur although they
carry out many charity work at State of
Kedah and Perak. Through this foundation,
RM1 Billion has contributed / donated to
fund various charitable programs. Through
this foundation, they built and repair 20
mosque to become bright and luminous.
Among them of the mosque in the Region
(RM7.9 million - 2500 pilgrims); Seremban 2
(RM7.5 million pilgrims -3000); Kampung
Paroi ; Kampung Gebok , Gort ; Kampung
Kelang , Kuala Pilah ; Pedas Tengah ,
Rembau and Taman Anggerik, Stone fisted .

often make
a dialogue
of
civilizations
to promote
tolerance
and
understandi
ng between
people of
contributed
various
RM 1 million
religions
for the
andLangkawi
beliefs.

Project, a
project
initiated by
the MCA to
raise funds to
carry out
educational
projects in
rural areas
and also give
scholarships to
needy
students.

assisting the
Institute of
Educational
Development
(IED) in the
project of
establishing
the Institute
of Medicine,
Science and
Technology in
Asia (AIMST)
in Sungai
Petani,
Kedah.

ALBUKHAR
Y
FOUNDA
TION

equipped
with dialysis
centre and 36
units of
machinery
haemodialysi
s for free at
Al-Bukhary
complex.

Al-Bukhary
complex that
equipped with
various
facilities such
as mosques,
medical
centres,
community
centres,
orphanages,
special
academy for
the elderly and
higher
In education
2000, alBukhary
centres.
Foundation
donated a
total of
RM7.75
million to the
Oxford Centre
for Islamic
Studies, which
is a famous
centre of
Islamic
learning in the
world.

AL-BUKHARY TUITION PROGRAMME

In 2001, 500 tuition centers have
established.
Every year, more than 22,000 students
participating in this class and those
who succeed brilliantly received a
scholarship to pursue high.
All paid RM40 per hour for tutors to
teach Science and Mathematics and
English , Assistance was channelled to
the state of Pakistan , Uganda , South
Africa and Lebanon with 300
Albukhary Scholarship holders from
more than 47 countries currently
studying Islamic studies in Malaysia.

ALBUKHARY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

He set up a private university, Albukhary
International University (AIU) in Alor Setar,
Kedah in 2010.
Former Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Sains
Malaysia, Tan Sri Dzulkifli Abdul Razak was
appointed as Vice-Chancellor AIU. AIU
campus is located in the center of Sharifah
Rokiah at Jalan Tun Abdul Razak, Alor Setar.
AIU is fully funded by the Albukhary
Foundation and students are fully sponsored
by the university. The University comprises of
School of Business Studies, School of Social
Studies and School of Computer Science and
Information Technology. Courses are offered in
business, accounting, science and computers.
Community service is incorporated as an
integral part of the curriculum.