Vinod Sekhar

Datuk Vinod Balachandra Sekhar is president and group chief executive of Petra Group and Chairman of the Sekhar Foundation, based in Kuala Lumpur. He is also the CEO of Green Rubber. He was named by Forbes Magazine as Malaysia's 16th richest man for 2008. ^[1]

Early and family life

Vinod Sekhar was born on 6 August 1968; his father was the late Tan Sri Dr. B.C. Sekhar, also known as Mr. Natural Rubber who provided for a time significant leadership to the global natural rubber industry.

While in college, he started a non-partisan multiracial youth organization, Malaysiana Muda. He remained President of MM for two terms and stood down having built it into the largest multiracial youth organization at the time.

Sekhar is an alumnus of Haileybury and Imperial Service College.^[2] and writes broadly - for instance ^[3]

Mr. Sekhar is married with two children Tara and Petra, after whom his business is named. He currently lives in Kuala Lumpur.

References

• St Andrews University medical school in £8m pledge wait, - The BBC on Wednesday, 17 February 2010
• Bill Clinton Speech in Malaysia Irks Investors, - The New York Times On December 6, 2008
• Vinod Sekhar, Solving global problems over a Puligny Montrachet -The Independent On Sunday, UK 12 August 2007
• Mel Gibson, the English Earl and the Malaysian entrpreneur - The Daily Telegraph UK, August 29 2007
• Forbes.com - Vinod Shekhar
• Petra plays its part in conservation, The Star, August 29, 2007.
• Vinod named Corporate Leader of the Year- The star, 16 July 2008
• Asian tycoon donates 8m to help fund world-leading medical centre The Scotsman, 22 February 2008
• Sekhar - Addressing economic needs vital to fight graft - The Edge Daily, 20 June 2008
• St Andrews University 45m Science school will set international benchmark Fife Today, 8 June 2008
• Making an impact and making money Business24/7 Dubai, 8 September 2008
• Standing Tall The Star, 18 October 2008
• Vinod first Asian to get Global Green Award The Star, 30 October 2008