Father was almost always short of cash. He borrowed money to start new businesses, only to see them fail. The tide of the Depression was against him,… - Robert Kuok

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Father was almost always short of cash. He borrowed money to start new businesses, only to see them fail. The tide of the Depression was against him, but he didn't realize it. He did not have enough education to sense that the tide was coming to drown him, and that he should take evasive measures and run to high ground like some of the wealthier, better-educated businessmen of Singapore, Penang and Malacca.

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About Robert Kuok

Robert Kuok Hock Nien (born 6 October 1923) is the richest man in Malaysia and the owner of Kuok Group, which has interests in hotels, real estate and commodities.

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Alternative Names: Robert Kuok Hock Nien Tan Sri Robert Kuok
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You're going to be the leader of a nation, and you have three sons, Hussein. The first-born is Malay, the second-born is Chinese, the third-born is Indian. What we have been witnessing is that the first-born is more favoured than the second or third. Hussein, if you do that in a family, your eldest son will grow up very spoiled. As soon as he attains manhood, he will be in the nightclubs every night because Papa is doting on him. The second and third sons, feeling the discrimination, will grow up hard as nails. Year by year they will become harder and harder, like steel, so that in the end they are going to succeed even more and the eldest will fail even more.

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