The man who made Malaysia proud, Jimmy Choo.
Who would've thought a boy who was brought up in Penang would become famous all around the world? The man who goes by the name Jimmy Choo is famous for designing shoes. Born in 1961, Jimmy Choo or Chow Yeang Keat had a very humble upbringing where his family lived in Hutton Lane near the busy side road of Penang Road. His father who was also a shoemaker would make shoes and sell them to shoe shops around Penang. He knew that he wanted to follow his father footsteps in making shoes. Jimmy Choo, who managed to finish only 6 years of school got the chance to further study in Cordwainers Technical College, London because he wanted to be a designer, he didnt want to be an ordinary shoe maker. His father was determined to send him to London despite the insufficient fund but he didnt see it as an obstacle, to him it was a chance and he finally left Penang for London in year 1980.
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