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Tan Chin Nam was born on 18 March, 1926 in Malaysia, is a Dato' Tan Chin Nam was entrepreneur and developer entrepreneur and developer. Discover Tan Chin Nam's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 92 years old?

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Age 92 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 18 March, 1926
Birthday 18 March
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Date of death 21 October, 2018
Died Place Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nationality Malaysia

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1926

Dato' Tan Chin Nam (18 March 1926 – 21 October 2018) was a Malaysian entrepreneur and developer.

His family is the majority shareholder of IGB Corporation Berhad.

Tan was reportedly one of the richest men in Malaysia and had several companies and businesses.

He is famous as a property developer and was involved in various projects such as Shangri-La Hotel in Malaysia, Four Seasons Hotel Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, shopping centres in Singapore and Malaysia, including one of the largest shopping malls in the world, Mid Valley Megamall.

In Australia, he is responsible for the renovation of Queen Victoria Building (QVB) and Capitol Theatre in Sydney.

He also owns a number of Australian-based Thoroughbred racehorses.

Tan Chin Nam was born on March 18, 1926 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

He was the sixth of twelve children.

1974

He owned at least a share in most of Cummings' well-known horses, including Think Big (co-owned with Queensland property developer Rick O'Sullivan and then joined by Tunku Abdul Rahman), winner of back-to-back Melbourne Cups in 1974 and 1975, as well as the multiple Group One winner, Saintly.

For the first eight years of the Cultural Revolution, chess had been prohibited, but in 1974 there was an easing of the ban and, together with some leading Chinese officials, Tan set-up the "Big Dragon Project", with the aim of having China dominate the chess world by 2010.

1975

In 1975, Tan decided that there was great potential in expanding the game of chess in China.

1982

In 1982 he became the first FIDE Deputy President for Asia.

Tan was also president of the Malaysian chess federation for many decades.

2004

Tan sponsored the annual chess tournament Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysian Open, which takes place in Kuala Lumpur since 2004.

2006

Tan's biography, released in 2006 and published by MPH Malaysia, is called Never Say I Assume!.

2008

He was the owner of the 2008 Melbourne Cup winner Viewed, and is one of four thoroughbred owners to win the Melbourne Cup four Times.

2009

He also owned 2009 and 2010 Cox Plate winner So You Think, and the winner of the 2009 Crown Oaks, Faint Perfume.

Tan owned a stud farm located along the Wingecarribee River at Burradoo, New South Wales that he named Think Big Stud.

2015

The principal owner for one of Australia's most successful horse trainers, Bart Cummings, Tan had a successful working relationship with Cummings for more than thirty years until the latter's death in 2015.

2018

Having retired from the corporate world in the 1990s, he died on October 21, 2018, aged 92, in Kuala Lumpur.

The Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Melbourne is named in his honour.