Ugly men get beautiful wives because they ask 50 times
Berjaya group of companies is one of the Bursa Malaysia stocks retirees like to buy a bit just to get their AGM gift vouchers. The Berjaya conglomerate consists of a very wide range of businesses that many might not know belongs to Berjaya. F&B Brands like Starbucks, Kenny Rogers Roasters, Krispy Kreme and Coway are all part of the Berjaya family. Popular 4D lottery operation Berjaya Toto is also under Berjaya Corp.
BJCORP, BJFOOD and BJTOTO gave out RM80 for participants for their virtual AGM and RM60 for BJLAND and BJASSET. The gifts are in the form of BInfinite vouchers which can be exchanged to use at Berjaya (BJCORP) group of retail companies. If one were to hold shares in very listed Berjaya company, the total vouchers can be up to RM360. BInfinite is Berjaya group's loyalty app program (like Bonus Link, Airasia points).
The founder Tan Sri Vincent Tan is a very astute businessman who was famously known for bringing in the McDonald's franchise to Malaysia. When people ask what was his success formula, he just mentioned "Ugly men get beautiful wives because they ask 50 times", to illustrate 1 single word which is persistence. McDonald's US initially did not warm up to giving a franchise license to Tan Sri but relented after being asked many times by Tan Sri Vincent Tan.
📍Links
https://www.berjaya.com/berjaya-food/
https://www.berjaya.com/berjaya-land/
https://www.berjaya.com/berjaya-sports-toto/