Four Malaysians make it into magazine’s Heroes of Philanthropy list

Tan Sri T. Ananda Krishnan, Malaysia’s telecommunications (telco), entertainment and property tycoon, and Ruby Khong, the regional director of China Overseas Petroleum Corp, have been featured in Forbes Asia’s Heroes of Philanthropy.

Both made it into a list of 48 prominent givers to society in the Asia-Pacific region, whose causes range from disaster recovery, education, health and culture to science, with education being the popular choice among the featured philanthropists this year.

Two other Malaysians in the list are Tan Sri Liew Kee Sin, the chief executive of property developer SP Setia and Tan Sri Francis Yeoh, YTL group managing director.