Aung Ko Win
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Aung Ko Win (A Win Lay) | |
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အောင်ကိုဝင်း | |
| Born | |
| Alma mater | Mandalay University |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Spouse | Nang Than Htwe |
| Children | Nang Lang Kham Nang Kham Noung Nang Mo Hom |
| Awards | The Banker Awards (2013) State Excellence Award (2013, 2014, 2015) The Legacy Award (2017) |
Tharay Sithu Aung Ko Win (Burmese: အောင်ကိုဝင်း) is a Burmese business tycoon and former school teacher. He owns interests in several businesses in Myanmar under the Kanbawza (KBZ) brand in the finance, agriculture, aviation, manufacturing and tourism sectors.
Aung Ko Win was a teacher, then he switched to tutoring before going into trading and mining. He has benefited from close connections to General Maung Aye,[1] the second in command of the former military junta, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC).[2][3]: 155 [4] While Maung Aye was a commander in jade-mining region of Shan State, Maung Aye offered Aung Ko Win jade and gem mining concessions.[1]
His trading and mining business prospered, and two years later, he bought the banking operation. Then, he moved KBZ and his family to Yangon in the late 1990s, when there were only 4 branches. Now there are 485, and KBZ expects to reach 500 by the end of 2017.[5][unreliable source?]
