Ruben Gnanalingam | |
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Born | Ruben Emir Gnanalingam 16 September 1976 |
Nationality | Malaysian |
Education | Victoria Institution |
Alma mater | London School of Economics |
Occupation(s) | CEO Westports Malaysia Co-chairman Queens Park Rangers F.C. |
Board member of |
Westports Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Business Club Malaysia |
Spouse |
Shirieene Hajamaideen
(
m. 2006) |
Parent(s) |
G. Gnanalingam Siew Yong Gnanalingam |
Ruben Emir Gnanalingam (born 16 September 1976) is a Malaysian businessman.
Gnanalingam was born on 16 September 1976. He graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) Economics. [1]
Gnanalingam joined Westports Malaysia in 2005, and was the Executive Director from 2006 to 2010. He then moved into the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO), a position which, as of 2015, he still holds. [2]
In 2015, he was named as co-chairman of Queens Park Rangers F.C., alongside Tony Fernandes. [3] [4] On 15 August 2018, he and Tony Fernandes stepped down from co-chairmen to enable Amit Bhatia to take their spaces and become chairman.
Gnanalingam is as of 2015 a board member at Kuala Lumpur Business Club Malaysia. [5]
Gnanalingam is a Malaysian of Sri Lankan Tamils and Chinese descent. [6] His father is G. Gnanalingam, another prominent businessman, and his mother is Siew Yong Gnanalingam. As of 2015, he is married to Shirieene Hajamaideen.