Yuzana Company

Yuzana Company Limited
Native name
ယုဇနကုမ္ပဏီလီမိတက်
IndustryConglomerate
Founded1994; 30 years ago (1994)
FounderHtay Myint
Headquarters
Yangon
,
Myanmar
Number of locations
Yuzana Centre, Shwegondaing Road, Bahan Township
Key people
Htay Myint, Pu Kyi
DivisionsYuzana Construction
Yuzana Hotels
Websitewww.yuzanahotels.com

Yuzana Company Limited (Burmese: ယုဇနကုမ္ပဏီလီမိတက်) is a Burmese company involved in the construction, agriculture, hospitality, real estate and fishery industries.[1]

Yuzana Company was established in 1994 by Htay Myint, a businessman with close ties to Khin Nyunt, a former Burmese prime minister and Than Shwe, the former head of the country's military junta.[1][2] Yuzana began as a fisheries venture in Myeik (Mergui) in Southern Burma's Taninthayi Division.[3] Yuzana Company also owns palm oil, sugarcane, teak, physic nut (Jatropha curcas), and rubber plantations.[2][3]

Yuzana is one of Burma's largest producers of lahpet (pickled tea leaves), a national dish.[4]

Yuzana is also one of four indigenous Burmese companies that harvests marine shrimps, in a 50 acres (20 ha) farm.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Burmese Tycoons Part I". The Irrawaddy. June 2000. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  2. ^ a b Rogers, Benedict (2012). Burma: A Nation At The Crossroads. Random House. ISBN 9781448118656.
  3. ^ a b "Tracking the Tycoons". The Irrawaddy. September 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  4. ^ Allchin, Joseph (3 February 2012). "Burma Farmers Fear Land Act". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  5. ^ Juliet Shwe Gaung (7 December 2009). "Prawn and shrimp exports falling, says MPEA". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 11 October 2012.