Zaw Zaw

Zaw Zaw
Native name ဇော်ဇော်
Born (1967-08-22) 22 August 1967
Irrawaddy Division, Burma
Nationality Burmese
Other names Phoe Zaw
Max Zaw Zaw
Alma mater University of Rangoon
Occupation Chairman Max Myanmar Group of Companies
Spouse(s) Htay Htay Khaing
Children Eaint Hmu Zaw and Ye Mann Zaw
Relatives Kan Myint (father-in-law)
Awards ASEAN Goodwill Award

Zaw Zaw (Burmese: ဇော်ဇော်) is a Burmese business tycoon and chairman of Max Myanmar Group of Companies, a major conglomerate with former interests in gems and active interests in construction, mechanical engineering, transportation, hotel and tourism, rubber plantations, energy retail and banking industries.[1][2][3] He has been serving as the chairman of the Myanmar Football Federation since 2005.[4] He also served as an Executive Committee Member of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the Chairman of AFC Organising Committee for Youth Competition.[5][6]He is current Vice President of ASEAN Football Federation (AFF).[7]

Early life

Zaw Zaw attended University of Rangoon with a Major in Mathematics.[8] He had worked in Japan for several years before returning to Myanmar in 1993 and set up Max Myanmar company.

Business holdings

He reportedly had close ties to key figures from the former ruling military junta, the State Peace and Development Council, including Maung Aye and Than Shwe's grandson Nay Shwe Thway Aung. Through his relationships, he is believed to have won concessions and import licenses, including most of the country's car and motorcycle import licenses, as well as import and distribution licenses for fuel.

His company won several bids to construct Naypyidaw, the country's new capital, including a stadium for the 2013 Southeast Asian Games.[9] But his attempt to enter the Singaporean stock market as an international businessman by bidding over Aussino Group Ltd. was not successful. He was blacklisted by the United States, being one of around 200 individuals and companies that had sanctions against doing business with them imposed, under a Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List regulated by the U.S. Treasury. Singaporean stock market regulators were concerned at this and rejected the bid in January 2013.[10]Annual revenue of Max Myanmar Group was about US $500 million in early 2010s.[10]

He was delisted from SDN list by the US Treasury in 2016.[11]

Recognition

His efforts for Myanmar football as the Chairman of Myanmar Football Federation starting from 2005, were recognized by the ASEAN Football Federation and was instrumental in the MFF picking up the AFF Association of the Year award at the AFF Awards 2013 in the first week of April.[12]

On 30 April, 2013, he was presented the State Excellence Award of the President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar for being one of the top taxpayers in the country. [13]

In 2013 November, he led the MFF to obtain the AFC Dream Asia award, which is given in recognition of those who share the values of Dream Asia, the AFC’s social responsibility initiative, which promotes the culture of giving, and emphasizes the power of football in bringing about positive change in respective Asian societies.[14]

He empowered Myanmar National Under-20 Football Team to reach FIFA U-20 World cup 2015 in New Zealand [15] and the MFF was recognized by the AFF Association of the Year award at the AFF Awards 2015 [16] in mid August, for the second time running. He was awarded with the ASEAN Goodwill Award at the AFF Football Awards 2017 for his outstanding acts or gestures on or off the pitch towards the ASEAN Football Federation.[17]

References

  1. ↑ Szep, Jason; Andrew R.C. Marshall (12 April 2012). "Special Report: An image makeover for Myanmar Inc". Reuters. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Corporate Structure". Max Myanmar Group of Companies. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Corporate Structure". Max Myanmar Group of Companies. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "MFF's Background History". Myanmar Football Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "AFC Executive Committee". Asean Football Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "AFC Standing Committees". Asean Football Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "AFF Standing Committees - AFF - The Official Website Of The Asean Football Federation AFF – The Official Website Of The Asean Football Federation". www.aseanfootball.org. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  8. ↑ "AYA Management - AYA Bank". AYA Bank. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  9. ↑ Kyaw Hsu Mon. "Max Myanmar building NPT stadium". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  10. 1 2 EDWARD CHUNG HO (29 April 2013). "Zaw Zaw's Singapore takeover bid hits a snag". www.dvb.no. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  11. ↑ Gleeson, Sean. "The sanctions saga". Frontier Myanmar. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  12. ↑ "Zaw Zaw, the Driving Force Behind Myanmar Football". Asean Football Federation. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  13. ↑ "President Thein Sein presents Excellence Awards to outstanding persons". Weekly Eleven. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  14. ↑ "AFC Dream Asia Award: Myanmar". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  15. ↑ "Myanmar". FIFA. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  16. ↑ "Chanathip, the Best of the Best at the Big Show". Asean Football. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  17. ↑ "Football is our soul, says Zaw Zaw - AFF - The Official Website Of The Asean Football Federation AFF – The Official Website Of The Asean Football Federation". www.aseanfootball.org. Retrieved 2017-10-15.


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