SM Nasarudin SM Nasimuddin (born 9 September 1983) is a Malaysian entrepreneur and businessman. He holds the position of co-chairman of the

Naza The Naza Group of Companies is a Malaysians, Malaysian business Conglomerate (company), conglomerate involved in many types of business ranging from motoring to education. The group began operations in 1975 as a motor trading company. The mo ...

Group and also the former President of the

Paralympic Council of Malaysia Paralympic Council of Malaysia, ( ms, Majlis Paralimpik Malaysia, PCM or MPM) is the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of Malaysia. The council was established on 18 May 1989 as the Malaysian Disabled Sports Council ''(Majlis Sukan Orang Cacat M ...

Career

After graduating in business economics from

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in C ...

in the United States, he joined Naza Kia Sdn Bhd as a management trainee in 2005. In 2006, he was appointed head of operations of Naza Corporation Sdn Bhd and took over as CEO of three Naza companies that year –

Nasim Sdn Bhd Berjaya Auto Alliance, formerly known as Nasim Sdn Bhd (NSB), is a Malaysian automotive company. Founded in 1997 as Nasim, they become the sole importer and distributor for the Peugeot brand in Malaysia. On 9 June 2022, Nasim was sold to Berja ...

(

Peugeot Peugeot (, , ) is a French brand of automobiles owned by Stellantis. The family business that preceded the current Peugeot companies was founded in 1810, with a steel foundry that soon started making hand tools and kitchen equipment, and the ...

franchise), Naza Corporation Sdn Bhd, and NZ Diners Sdn Bhd (food business, Bubba Gump Shrimp). He was appointed chairman and CEO of Naza effective 16 May 2008 to replace his father,

SM Nasimuddin SM Amin Tan Sri Dato' Sri Utama Sheikh Mohammad Nasimuddin Kamal bin Sheikh Mohamad Amin (27 January 1955 – 1 May 2008) was the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of the Naza Group of Malaysia. Background Nasimuddin was born to a Minan ...

who died on 1 May 2008. This appointment was made to fulfill SM Nasimuddin's wishes. He also held the position of President of the

from 2016 to 2019.

Personal life

SM Nasarudin was born and raised in

Kuala Pilah Kuala Pilah (Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Kolo Pilah''), or simply Pilah, is a town in Kuala Pilah District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Townscape Kuala Pilah is an old valley town with many of the pre-war Chinese shop houses still fronting the m ...

Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Nogoghi Sombilan'', ''Nismilan'') is a state in Malaysia which lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It borders Selangor on the north, Pahang in the east, and Malacca and Johor to the s ...

. On December 17, 2010, he married TV personality,

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. Nasarudin and Marion have three children.

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* {{Twitter, SMNasarudin 1983 births People from Negeri Sembilan Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Malaysian people of Minangkabau descent 21st-century Malaysian businesspeople Living people University of Southern California alumni