James was educated by the De La Salle Brothers. He went to the College of Wooster, a liberal arts college, in the 1980s. The institution is famous for producing educators and not corporate leaders.
An obscure businessman born in Malaysia is now a major figure in a US$6 billion ($7.8 billion) scam in America. Patrick James, founder of First Brands, is an auto-parts tycoon who was born in Kuala Lumpur in 1964.
Though he is listed as a billionaire, James is little known in either Malaysia or the US. He could walk into his own shareholders’ meeting without being noticed.
