OUTCOME ORIENTED
ENTREPRENEUR : Tan Sri SM Nasimuddin SM Amin
COMPANY : Naza
Group of Malaysia.
The founder, chairman and chief
executive officer of the Naza Group of Malaysia is Tan Sri SM Nasimuddin SM
Amin. He started his automobile business with an allocation of Approved Permits
(APs). This AP use to import foreign car but bumiputras received a import car
by APs with government-issued. Tan
Sri SM Nasimuddin had a outcome-oriented when he started the business. He flew
to Japan to buy japan car to be sold at Malaysia and the business keep raising
with 10 to 15 cars monthly increased 40 to 60 cars monthly. However, he decided
to import used Japanese car at a time when Japanese cars were popular with
Malaysians people.He
also faced some challenges including financing and how to convince customers to
buy used cars when many were then not keen on foreign cars. But his passion and
faith in the business drove him to success.Now,
The Naza Group, formed in 1974, has 14 business divisions including motor
trading, bikes, manufacturing, transport services, machine tools/parts,
engineering, plantation, cigarette distribution, credit & leasing, water
crafts, properties, hotel operation and insurance agency under him imitation.