Entrepreneur Of The Year 2009 Malaysia
Datuk Shahril Shamsuddin
President and CEO
Sapura Group
www.sapura.com.my
Shahril Shamsuddin is a true entrepreneur whose foresight has
taken the Sapura Group to an unprecedented level of success.
Shahril transformed Sapura Group from a telephone
manufacturer into a group of companies with diversified
business interests, ranging from oil and gas to secured
technologies and automotive services.
Under Shahril’s stewardship, the Group is now a frontrunner in
the development of unique applications for existing and new
technologies. Today, Malaysia has the largest footprint of Tetra
wireless private networks in the world with more than 40,000
users covering 95% of populated areas. Shahril has also molded
SapuraCrest Petroleum into one of the largest integrated oil and
gas service providers in the region, with clients in Japan,
Australia, India and West Asia. Today, SapuraCrest Petroleum
has a book order of US$4.2 billion and is also the proud owner
of Sapura 3000, the most advanced dynamic-positioning vessel
in Asia.
Shahril was awarded the Knight of The Legion of Honour by the
French Government in 1997 for promoting business partnership
between Malaysia and France. Shahril is also the chief
administrator of the Yayasan Shamsuddin Abdul Kadir, a
foundation established by his father, that serves as a vehicle for
the Group’s outreach programs to improve the livelihood and
ensure the sustainability of the under-privileged or
economically challenged.
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