And neither of the other two most prominent ones, Ananda Krishnan and Francis Yeoh, are bumiputras.

ECONOMIST: The big clean-up

As it is, government officials like to point out, Malaysia's richest man is an Indian: Ananda Krishnan.

ECONOMIST: Malaysia

He sent trusted chum, tycoon Ananda Krishnan, to Yangon to try to talk sense to leader Khin Nyunt.

CNN: AND THEN THERE WERE TEN

So 23 members of the list saw their wealth increase, led by perennial No. 1 and No. 2, Robert Kuok and Ananda Krishnan.

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