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Dato' Tan Chin Nam (born c. 1926) is an Malaysian-born entrepreneur and developer. His family is the majority shareholder of IGB Corporation Berhad.〔http://www.igbcorp.com/〕 Tan is reportedly one of the richest men in Malaysia and has several companies and businesses.〔(February 22, 2003 article on Dato Tan Chin Nam by Thean Lee Cheng )〕〔(Wednesday March 8, 2006 The Star Online article by Angie Ng )〕 He is famous as a property developer and was involved in various projects such as Shangri-La Hotel 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's biography, released in 2006 and published by MPH Malaysia, is called ''Never Say I Assume!''. ==Thoroughbred horse racing== 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. 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.〔(''Thoroughbred News'' article on Think Big Stud )〕 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.〔(2008 Melbourne Cup result )〕 He also owned 2009 and 2010 Cox Plate winner So You Think, and the winner of the 2009 Crown Oaks, Faint Perfume. Tan owns a stud farm located along the Wingecarribee River at Burradoo, New South Wales that he named Think Big Stud. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tan Chin Nam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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