Nazir is the youngest son of the second prime minister, Tun Abdul Razak, and a brother of the sixth and current prime minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak. Nazir Abdul Razak was born in 1966 in Kuala Lumpur. His father died when he was 10 years old.
He attended Saint John"s Institution and Alice Smith School and continued his secondary education in the United Kingdom from age 13. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Economics and Politics from the University of Bristol and went on to obtain a Master of Philosophy in Development Economics from the University of Cambridge.
He is Chairman of CIMB Group, which is one of the largest financial services providers in Malaysia. He served as Chief Executive Officer of the group from 1999 to 2014. After returning from the United Kingdom, Nazir joined the corporate advisory department of Commerce International Merchant Bankers Berhad.
He rose to become Managing Director and Chief Executive of the bank, which by then was known as CIMB, in 1999.
His tenure as Chief Executive Officer ended in 2014 after he resigned and took over as Chairman. Nazir was named one of Asia’s 50 most influential figures of the last decade by FinanceAsia in 2006.
He was also named the "Best Top Executive in Malaysia" by Asiamoney for two consecutive years, in 2009 and 2010.
In October 2015, Nazir Razak was honored with Asia House Asian Business Leaders Award by Asia House for "underlined the benefits of cooperation and partnership across Asean through his support of learning, independent research and charitable works, as well as in his ambitious business strategy, demonstrating how a commercially successful Asean-wide initiative can bring people together for the common good.”He is member of the International Advisory Board at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.
In October 2015, Nazir Razak was honored with Asia House Asian Business Leaders Award by Asia House for "underlined the benefits of cooperation and partnership across Asean through his support of learning, independent research and charitable works, as well as in his ambitious business strategy, demonstrating how a commercially successful Asean-wide initiative can bring people together for the common good.”He is member of the International Advisory Board at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.
