Introduction to Entrepreneurship 2016

8) Team Oriented

Mydin Mohamed is a son of the old founder of Mydin Legacy, Ghulam Hussein Jamal. Mr. Mydin has continues his family’s business after his father’s small shop burned at Penang during World War II. In 1957, Mydin Mohamed has opened its first store named Syarikat Mydin Mohamed by renting part of shop houses in Jalan Tok Hakim, Kota Bharu, the capital of Kelantan by selling toys of his own hard-earned cash. Profit from the sale of these toys, he began buying additional products such as lighters, balloons and needles for selling in the shop.

Furthermore, in 1979, he expands his business in Terengganu and then in Jalan Masjid India in 1989 with the help of his children. He always sticks to his vision to become the world's leading distributor of providing services that are competitive and Halal in Malaysia. Syarikat Mydin Mohamed is now known as Mydin Mohamed Holdings Bhd and has successfully emerged as the retail and wholesale business in Malaysia's largest with annual sales reaching RM1.6 billion. Nowadays, Mydin now operates more than 95 branches throughout Peninsular Malaysia with diversified business chains such as emporiums, hypermarkets, convenience stores and mini markets. This succeed cannot be achieved without a team work. He always believes with his employees and also motivated them to be the positive person.

However, his legacy has been continued by his son, Dato’ Ameer Ali Mydin. His son creates a big step makes Mydin Group as one of the supermarkets involved in the program TUKAR (Transformasi Kedai Runcit). Now, under this program, Mydin role as consultant and assistant in implementing this program. According to company’s mission, they aim to be the leading wholesale and retail company by providing the best value, the wide assortment of goods and continuous excellence based on the business formula. In 2011, MYDIN, along with other major hypermarkets such as Tesco and Carrefour participated in the TUKAR program under the Economic Transformation Programme. The program is aimed to transform 100 selected sundry shops into modern mini marts. The company is responsible for training the shops and providing assistance after transforming as mini marts along with Tesco.

As a result, Mydin Mohamed Holdings Bhd has created establish the name and be one of the Bumiputera company that can compete with the other foreign company. We can conclude that Mydin Mohamed is the great entrepreneur because he can stand up and built the Mydin Legacy from zero to hero. He also works in team and family. He makes them as the supporters to gain his success today.