Jho Low
| Jho Low | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 刘特佐 |
| Born |
Low Taek Jho 1982 (age 34–35) George Town, Penang, Malaysia |
| Residence | Hong Kong |
| Nationality | Malaysian |
| Alma mater |
Harrow School Wharton Business School |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Net worth | US$1.75 bn (2014) |
| Relatives | Low Meng Tak (grandfather) |
| Website |
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Low Taek Jho (Chinese: 刘特佐; pinyin: Liú Tèzuǒ; Sidney Lau: Lau4 Dak1 Joh3), often called Jho Low, is a Malaysian financier and the beneficiary of numerous discretionary trust assets said by the US Government to originate from corrupt payments out of the Malaysian 1MDB fund. He gained notoriety as a "tabloid party boy" in New York City. He is reported to have a close relationship with Riza Aziz, the stepson of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. Low has been associated with numerous high value transactions, including acquisitions of businesses, luxury real estate and art, as well as philanthropy. Low runs a Hong Kong-based finance company called Jynwel Capital.
Low grew up in George Town, on Penang Island. His grandfather Low Meng Tak was a businessman born in Guangdong in China. Meng Tak had interests in iron-ore mining, liquor distilleries, and real estate in China and Thailand in the 1960s and 1970s. Jho Low's father "Larry" Low Hock Peng was an executive for an investment holding company called MWE Holdings in the 1990s. Larry is also chairman and stockholder of Frenken Group, a company listed on the .
Low was the youngest of three children. He attended Chung Ling High School and The International School of Penang (Uplands) before being sent to the elite Harrow School in London. In London he developed a close relationship with Riza Aziz. He then enrolled in the undergraduate program of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Business School, where he continued to develop connections with Malaysians as well as Kuwaiti and Jordanian interests.
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