MUI Group

Malayan United Industries Berhad
Company typePublic limited company
MYX: 3891
ISINMYL3891OO008
Founded28 May 1960
Headquarters
Key people
Khoo Kay Peng, Chairman & CEO
SubsidiariesList of subsidiaries
Websitewww.muiglobal.com

Malayan United Industries Berhad (MUI; MYX: 3891) is a Malaysian holding company. It was founded in 1960, and owned by Khoo Kay Peng. The main businesses of the group includes retailing, hotels, food and confectionery, financial services, property, travel and tourism. The group has business presence in the UK, Continental Europe, the US, Canada, the UAE, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, Hong Kong, China, Japan and Singapore.

Some of the major company names in MUI group includes Metrojaya Berhad, Laura Ashley plc, Corus Hotels and Network Foods. The company also purchased evangelist Jim Bakker's bankrupt Heritage USA Christian resort and theme park in Fort Mill, South Carolina, in 1991 and operated it for a number of years under its subsidiary, Regent Carolina Corporation, before selling the property in the mid-2000s. In recent years, MUI relocated Laura Ashley's United States corporate headquarters to a building at the former Heritage USA site that once served as Jim Bakker's PTL ministry headquarters.