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Michael Moe Myint

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Native name
  
မိုးမြင့်

Education
  
University of Yangon

Name
  
Michael Myint

Spouse(s)
  
Ohmar Moe Myint

Nationality
  
Burmese


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Born
  
11 September 1952 (age 71) (
1952-09-11
)
Rangoon, Burma

Alma mater
  
International School BangkokUniversity of RangoonMarshall University

Occupation
  
Managing Director of Myint & Associates Company LimitedFormer air pilot for Myanmar Airways

Organization
  
Myint & AssociatesMPRL E&P

Similar People
  
Serge Pun, Tay Za, Zaw Zaw

Michael Moe Myint (Burmese: မိုးမြင့်) is a Burmese business tycoon, who founded and runs 2 major companies in the country's petroleum industry, Myint & Associates, a service provider and MPRL E&P, a gas extraction company.

He was educated at the Methodist English High School (now Dagon1 High School) in Yangon, then at International School Bangkok, University of Rangoon and Marshall University, before returning to Burma. From 1974 to 1987, he served as a pilot for the state-owned Myanma Airways, and served as the personal pilot of Ne Win.

Two years later, in 1989, he founded Myint & Associates. In 1996, he established his own oil exploration and excavation company, Myanmar Petroleum Resources Limited (MPRL).

Family

His two sons, Sithu Moe Myint and Phone Kyaw Moe Myint, both studied at the Colorado School of Mines, and work for multinational oil firms. His father worked as geologist for Shell.

References

Michael Moe Myint Wikipedia