{"id":140429,"date":"2025-04-24T09:06:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T09:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamfayed.com\/?p=140429"},"modified":"2025-05-03T06:39:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T06:39:23","slug":"nikolas-iskandar-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamfayed.com\/it\/podcast\/nikolas-iskandar-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Great conversation with Nikolas Iskandar, grandson of former Malaysian finance minster Daim Zainuddin."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I had a great conversation with Nikolas Iskandar. Nick is a grandson of the prominent ex-finance minister <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daim_Zainuddin\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daim_Zainuddin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daim Zainuddin<\/a>, has grown up as a half Malay, half English kid both in Malaysia and the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is an entrepreneur, professional photographer and digital content specialist, who has been working in the industry for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode, we spoke about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Discrimination as a result of being from a wealthy mixed race family<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The difficulties associated with coming from a high profile background<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The reality of bullying in schools <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International versus local schools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His career as a photographer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His entrepreneurial journey<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Moving from the UK back to Malaysia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His new venture, Lensoe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"British\/Malaysian Grandson of ex-Finance Minister speaks out!\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9PvKrN4OCOk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Siete afflitti dall'indecisione finanziaria?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/adamfayed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CTA_5_final_-512x288.jpg\" usemap=\"#image-map\" alt=\"Discover How We Can Address Your Financial Pain Points\">\n\n<map name=\"image-map\">\n    <area href=\"https:\/\/adamfayed.com\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"Subscribe Free\" title=\"Abbonati gratuitamente\" coords=\"72,217,198,252\" shape=\"rect\">\n    <area href=\"https:\/\/adamfayed.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"Discover Now\" title=\"Scopri ora\" coords=\"303,217,429,252\" shape=\"rect\">\n<\/map>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I had a great conversation with Nikolas Iskandar. Nick is a grandson of the prominent ex-finance minister Daim Zainuddin, has grown up as a half Malay, half English kid both in Malaysia and the UK. He is an entrepreneur, professional photographer and digital content specialist, who has been working in the industry for decades. 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