First off, he’s a Wharton grad. Given. We don’t know that much else about Taek Jho Low, other than he’s from Malaysia and is a “group adviser” at UBG Berhad. And that he spent $160,000 at Avenue one night during Fashion Week. And that sometimes, for a second, because of the money and the entourage, people think he’s black:
A fleet of black Cadillac Escalades hums outside Chelsea hot spot Avenue — the A-list watering hole of such celebrities as Justin Timberlake and Lindsay Lohan. As the car doors open, a dozen men emerge and a bouncer whisks them over the club’s threshold, past a group of shivering models behind the velvet rope. “Who is it?” one of them wonders out loud. “Is it P. Diddy?”
Negative! The naked models are momentarily upset by this but get over it quickly. He’s not P. Diddy, but the Asian George Costanza is still going to make it rain.
The nightlife scene is abuzz with tales of this international man of mystery — who goes by the name Jho Low and whose chubby, bespectacled appearance hardly meets the image of a wealthy gadabout. In September, during Fashion Week, sources said, Low helped rack up a $160,000 bar tab at Avenue, including several $900 bottles of Cristal champagne. One month later, Lindsay Lohan was belatedly celebrating her 23rd birthday at downtown drinking den 1OAK when 23 bottles of Cristal suddenly appeared. They were reportedly paid for by a “mystery Malaysian,” who, sources claim, was Low.
At chic 27th Street hangout Pink Elephant, Low routinely spends $50,000 to $60,000, according to the club’s owner, David Sarner.
Or does he?
In an e-mail, Low’s friend Hamad Alwazzan claims it is he, not Low, who’s the big spender in town.
“I have been on holiday in New York since August 2009 and grown quite fond of the city,” Alwazzan wrote. “I am especially fond of investment opportunities in real estate, as well as the food, quality of life, and lifestyle.” As for the $160,000 bar tab, he wrote: “[It] was to celebrate the engagement of a close personal friend to his longtime girlfriend, which was jointly hosted by myself and 19 other close friends. I don’t have an exact breakdown of the cost, but it was a mixture of entertainment, food and drinks — and it happened to be during Fashion Week.”
According to the Post, J.Lo(w) (who like certain other rich bespectacled men discussed around these parts, won’t go out without a bodyguard), has been shacking up at a $100,000-a-month apartment in the Park Imperial. Low’s spokesman denied that account, and also refused to confirm his boss’s birthday (?), though perhaps Shia LaBeouf’s ex could shed some light:
Just this month, sources said, Low celebrated his birthday at a lavish bash in Las Vegas — where Megan Fox was reportedly flown in to party with him and his entourage. The actress’ Fox’s publicist could not be reached for comment yesterday.
Lindsay Lohan is the new killing it.
you know this story of bullsh*t, if for nothing else than it refers to Lindsy Lohan as “A-list”
I take offense to the notion that you can’t be chubby/wear glasses and be a wealthy gadabout.
-you know who
These stories always end at the bottom of a pool.
…but the Asian George Costanza is still going to make it rain.
Ka-Chiang!
anal_yst, this sounds like your kind of scene. don’t be bitter.
I’m having a flashback to Chung.
Another fat southeastern Asian man of intrigue?
What is SEC waiting for? Let’s bust him before it’s too late.
He more closely resembles Newman. Same idiotic grin.
An Asian Francisco D’Anconia?
If you twist your ass enough you can make the cork pop out.
Isn’t that the fat Asian guy from ‘Heroes’?
ROR!!!!! What a clown.
His Kuwaitian friend:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=507952148&ref=fs
@15 The correct nomenclature is ‘kuwati’
Are you from Haiti?
@16 Nice job catching the joke sport.
- 15
HIRO NAKAMURA! YATTA!
Jho, let me know if you need some extra domes
Fail. That’s Joaquin Phoenix.
@7
no, I don’t mingle with celebutards
I was passing Twizzlers to the skinny chicks in line that night and offering some investment advice too. I had the pitchbooks in my shopping cart.
~You Know Who
Stealing Home, CA
Low Taek Jho
(Malaysian, Aged 27 years, Non-Independent Non-Executive Director)
Mr Low Taek Jho was appointed to the Board of UBG Berhad as Group Advisor on 19 September 2008. He is a representative of the major shareholder, Majestic Masterpiece Sdn Bhd and Abu Dhabi-Kuwait-Malaysia Investment Corporation. Mr Low currently serves as group advisor to several international corporations involved in global private equity, mergers & acquisitions, buy-outs, government-to-government offset structured investments and financing, networking and financial aid, amongst others. Mr Low graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics with concentration in Finance from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America.
is chung king?
Who is Majestic Masterpiece? Is he a porn actor?
Everybody have fun tonight, everybody wang chung tonight!
Pretty good stock picker…
http://media.www.whartonjournal.com/media/storage/paper201/news/2000/11/06/Undergraduate/Stock.Picks-36917.shtml
What a tool. I am going to stop buying fruits and vegetables from his mom’s cart.
I smell Ponzi sauce.
@27 Nice find.
@27
That link says it all.
@27 awesome.
Save the Cheerleader, Save the World
@27 Magic.
Guy writes like Greg, or worse.
27 for the win. period.
@27 – golden.
Shades of Dana Giachetto, anyone?
ya know, late 90′s, hanging at Moomba with Leo, “managing” celebrity money…saw that guy in action, same routine with the unsolicited bottle gifting
fuck im old
TRB
This guy is a thief!!! My friend is Mr. Models and Bottles!!! Who can forget…..media almost cost him his job.
Any guy that buys L Lohan anything is a loser!
@27. That totally qualified J-LO to be a top notch anal-yst.
I *knew* Megan Fox was a whore!!
Being full of shit has its perks
@30-32, 34-36, 39: Get off @27′s nuts for Christ’s sake. All he did was Google his name.
His firm is linked to a chief minister of a state with lots of resources (think a Governor of Alaska equivalent in a very corrupt society) which might explain a few things.
But he doesn’t look like he should have that much money, the firm he is director for only has a $300 mil US market cap. There are very few Chinese-Malaysian families left with the kind of money he is spending and he doesn’t seem to be linked to one of them.
His firm is linked to a chief minister of a state with lots of resources (think a Governor of Alaska equivalent in a very corrupt society) which might explain a few things.
But he doesn’t look like he should have that much money, the firm he is director for only has a $300 mil US market cap. There are very few Chinese-Malaysian families left with the kind of money he is spending and he doesn’t seem to be linked to one of them.
You guys are all jealous losers. None of your comments even makes perfect sense.
By the way, he’s my personal childhood friend and a very very smart guy. He keeps things low because that’s just how he is. anything outlandish is all for business and that’s how you play the game(what do YOU morons know about business, after all, he’s the one who’s successful).
I highly doubt the corrupt practices (though I do not rule it out) but I know he knows the business well and has worked hard since childhood. He comes from a filthy rich family anyway, so he doesn’t need all this shit, it’s just what you do to entertain your clients (if any of you halfwits know what that means). Plus he has strong connections with top investors and royalty from the middle east and asia, all of which, he has known through boarding school in England.
Some idiot above me said this:
“But he doesn’t look like he should have that much money, the firm he is director for only has a $300 mil US market cap.”
He doesn’t LOOK LIKE HE SHOULD HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY?? He doesn’t LOOK it?
So how does a rich guy look like? Like YOU? Is that because he’s ASIAN that he shouldn’t be so rich? Were you expecting Wall Street types who are NOW BROKE AND JOBLESS anyway? Did you expect him to wear a suit and contacts? Like I said, he doesn’t NEED the hype. He was doing it to play the game. Do yourself a favour and slap yourself.
“There are very few Chinese-Malaysian families left with the kind of money he is spending and he doesn’t seem to be linked to one of them.”
Hahahahahaha…who told you that? Another American? FOX news? E! channel? Wake up, you stupid kid, and get out of that trailer. I suggest you do some research before spewing out trash like that for the view of the general public. There are PLENTY of M’sian Chinese who are extremely rich.
See, the problem with stupid americans is that they assume EVERYONE IS LIKE THEM AND THINKS LIKE THEM. HELL NO!
Do not assume that just because they’re rich, they’re gonna throw their money around like you who probably has never seen that kinda cash before and spend everything ON CREDIT before everything disappears. There is such a thing as LOW PROFILE for safety reasons and for humility’s sake. Yes, moron, there ARE people out there in the world who CHOOSE NOT TO DISPLAY THEIR IMMENSE WEALTH. Narrowminded views such as yours demonstrate exactly what a bigotted mind you have.
And what makes you SO SURE that he’s not linked to any of the wealthy families? DO YOU KNOW ALL OF THEM? DO YOU KNOW ALL THEIR RELATIVES? exactly.
And to that other smart ass who posted his stock pick on Enron? Wow, so clever, you must be so proud of your research skills right now! look at the date, you idiot, it says 2000. he was a FRESHMAN then and this was part of his curriculum. I wonder what kinda lame ass mistakes YOU did when you were a freshman. stupid.
If you’re all not gonna be responsible over your posts, then don’t say anything.
Geez it’s no wonder all of you got laid off.
You guys are all jealous losers. None of your comments even makes perfect sense.
By the way, he’s my personal childhood friend and a very very smart guy. He keeps things low because that’s just how he is. anything outlandish is all for business and that’s how you play the game(what do YOU morons know about business, after all, he’s the one who’s successful).
I highly doubt the corrupt practices (though I do not rule it out) but I know he knows the business well and has worked hard since childhood. He comes from a filthy rich family anyway, so he doesn’t need all this shit, it’s just what you do to entertain your clients (if any of you halfwits know what that means). Plus he has strong connections with top investors and royalty from the middle east and asia, all of which, he has known through boarding school in England.
Some idiot above me said this:
“But he doesn’t look like he should have that much money, the firm he is director for only has a $300 mil US market cap.”
He doesn’t LOOK LIKE HE SHOULD HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY?? He doesn’t LOOK it?
So how does a rich guy look like? Like YOU? Is that because he’s ASIAN that he shouldn’t be so rich? Were you expecting Wall Street types who are NOW BROKE AND JOBLESS anyway? Did you expect him to wear a suit and contacts? Like I said, he doesn’t NEED the hype. He was doing it to play the game. Do yourself a favour and slap yourself.
“There are very few Chinese-Malaysian families left with the kind of money he is spending and he doesn’t seem to be linked to one of them.”
Hahahahahaha…who told you that? Another American? FOX news? E! channel? Wake up, you stupid kid, and get out of that trailer. I suggest you do some research before spewing out trash like that for the view of the general public. There are PLENTY of M’sian Chinese who are extremely rich.
See, the problem with stupid americans is that they assume EVERYONE IS LIKE THEM AND THINKS LIKE THEM. HELL NO!
Do not assume that just because they’re rich, they’re gonna throw their money around like you who probably has never seen that kinda cash before and spend everything ON CREDIT before everything disappears. There is such a thing as LOW PROFILE for safety reasons and for humility’s sake. Yes, moron, there ARE people out there in the world who CHOOSE NOT TO DISPLAY THEIR IMMENSE WEALTH. Narrowminded views such as yours demonstrate exactly what a bigotted mind you have.
And what makes you SO SURE that he’s not linked to any of the wealthy families? DO YOU KNOW ALL OF THEM? DO YOU KNOW ALL THEIR RELATIVES? exactly.
And to that other smart ass who posted his stock pick on Enron? Wow, so clever, you must be so proud of your research skills right now! look at the date, you idiot, it says 2000. he was a FRESHMAN then and this was part of his curriculum. I wonder what kinda lame ass mistakes YOU did when you were a freshman. stupid.
If you’re all not gonna be responsible over your posts, then don’t say anything.
Geez it’s no wonder all of you got laid off.
You guys are all jealous losers. None of your comments even makes perfect sense.
By the way, he’s my personal childhood friend and a very very smart guy. He keeps things low because that’s just how he is. anything outlandish is all for business and that’s how you play the game(what do YOU morons know about business, after all, he’s the one who’s successful).
I highly doubt the corrupt practices (though I do not rule it out) but I know he knows the business well and has worked hard since childhood. He comes from a filthy rich family anyway, so he doesn’t need all this shit, it’s just what you do to entertain your clients (if any of you halfwits know what that means). Plus he has strong connections with top investors and royalty from the middle east and asia, all of which, he has known through boarding school in England.
Some idiot above me said this:
“But he doesn’t look like he should have that much money, the firm he is director for only has a $300 mil US market cap.”
He doesn’t LOOK LIKE HE SHOULD HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY?? He doesn’t LOOK it?
So how does a rich guy look like? Like YOU? Is that because he’s ASIAN that he shouldn’t be so rich? Were you expecting Wall Street types who are NOW BROKE AND JOBLESS anyway? Did you expect him to wear a suit and contacts? Like I said, he doesn’t NEED the hype. He was doing it to play the game. Do yourself a favour and slap yourself.
“There are very few Chinese-Malaysian families left with the kind of money he is spending and he doesn’t seem to be linked to one of them.”
Hahahahahaha…who told you that? Another American? FOX news? E! channel? Wake up, you stupid kid, and get out of that trailer. I suggest you do some research before spewing out trash like that for the view of the general public. There are PLENTY of M’sian Chinese who are extremely rich.
See, the problem with stupid americans is that they assume EVERYONE IS LIKE THEM AND THINKS LIKE THEM. HELL NO!
Do not assume that just because they’re rich, they’re gonna throw their money around like you who probably has never seen that kinda cash before and spend everything ON CREDIT before everything disappears. There is such a thing as LOW PROFILE for safety reasons and for humility’s sake. Yes, moron, there ARE people out there in the world who CHOOSE NOT TO DISPLAY THEIR IMMENSE WEALTH. Narrowminded views such as yours demonstrate exactly what a bigotted mind you have.
And what makes you SO SURE that he’s not linked to any of the wealthy families? DO YOU KNOW ALL OF THEM? DO YOU KNOW ALL THEIR RELATIVES? exactly.
And to that other smart ass who posted his stock pick on Enron? Wow, so clever, you must be so proud of your research skills right now! look at the date, you idiot, it says 2000. he was a FRESHMAN then and this was part of his curriculum. I wonder what kinda lame ass mistakes YOU did when you were a freshman. stupid.
If you’re all not gonna be responsible over your posts, then don’t say anything.
Geez it’s no wonder all of you got laid off.
haha.. 1 comment shuts them all…
47 wrote: “He’s my personal childhood friend and a very very smart guy”. WRONG!
No he is not smart. He is a clown with too much money! He is fat and obese looks like a young Kim Jong-il. Its obvious if he didn’t throw his money around he would have no friends! If he was serious benefactor why not help the poor in Haiti recover from the earthquake or the poor in the Philippines recover from the typhoons as $160,000 (the amount he blew on partying) would have bought lots of blankets and food for the poor! A fool and his money are easily parted!
Everyone has the right to spend their money anyway they want. Of course the rest do have their rights to criticize as well – probably a good past time. Leave that kid alone, he has the right to do whatever he wants with his money.
2.Ven. Phra Piya Thammo,
Rumah Pangsa
Blk A-7-9- Jln Padang Tembak,
11400 Pulau Pinang,
Malaysia
Dear Devotees,
Before I commence of my letter-writing toward. All of you, I would like to inform all of you that I am not satisfy with the lawyer, Dato YIP KUM FOOK due to his bad inspirit impressions because he sent an inspector to come to our Buddhist Temple to arrest me without any good reason, moreover, the lawyer, YIP KUM FOOK is not satisfy with Chief monk.
When the Chief monk had me to go to his Temple already and he went away and left me alone to take care until Chief monk come back to the Temple first and he also told me not to leave the Temple if any committees or the chairman want to chase me out, you don’t leave the Temple at all understand? Then I said, alright? To the chief monk! On the second Day, YIP KUM FOOK came to our Temple and talk to me. He tired to make some inquiry from me and he asked me, where I come from? I told him that I came from Penang.
Then, I told to the lawyer (YIP KUM FOOK) that the chief monk came to Penang and fetch me and invited me to accompany him to go to his temple in K.L. I am not aware that YIP KUM FOOK is not in a good terms with the chief monk, chief monk already in this way, YIP KUM FOOK try to create trouble with me unnecessary. That is why, the lawyer want to chase me out of the Temple. Then I asked the lawyer, why you want to chase me out of the temple? Moreover, the Temple is not belonging to you, UNDERSATAND? Then, I asked him, who are you? I don’t know you at all, you have no right to chase me or control me at all, UNDERSTAND? You are just like a layman only. Do you know the regulations that any the chairman or committee cannot control the monks and the Nuns at all, also UNDERSTAND?
I scolded him like that. Then the lawyer (YIP KUM FOOK) is not satisfy with me and he told me that he will called the police to come to the Temple and arrest me. I told him to go ahead and called the police to come and arrest me. I won’t run away, I said to him like that. I have done nothing wrong toward you, why you want to arrest me? He said, he doesn’t like me to stay here. I asked him, why? Again. After this he got very angry with me, then he phoned up to the police and the police came to the Temple and told me to leave the Temple.
I told to the inspector of the again, 1 am sorry, I won’t leave the Temple because the chief monk had instructed me not to leave the Temple without his consent, UNDERSTAND? Then the inspector told me to leave, again. I told him I cannot leave the Temple because the Chief Monk hasn’t come back yet. This time, the inspector got very angry with me and he took out his handcuff and try to threaten me, then I immediately show off my hands for him to lock me up but he scare, then again, the inspector told me leave the Temple again but I still don’t want to leave the Temple.
Then I phoned up to the chief monk again and I told him that the inspector insisted want to arrest me, you better come back to settle the case for me. After this incident, Chief Monk came back to the Temple and take me to go to another temple and stay their. That’s all about this incidents! Last of all, I would like to inform all of you, that no committees or the chairman can control all the monks and Nuns at all also UNDERSTAND? “They are higher than the King,” also! So how can the laymen, the committees and the chairman to control them: – EVEN THE KING ALSO RESPECTED THE MONKS AND NUNS. Why the chairman doesn’t respect the monks and nuns? They will carry the sins later on, UNDERSTAND?
Yours in Dhamma
Ven. Phra Piya Thammo
Penang, Malaysia
Tel: 04-48272710