 As of February 2014, "Forbes Asia" valued Fernandes' net worth at $650 million, ranking him at number 28 on the "Forbes" list of Malaysia's Richest.He is also an Overseas Citizen of India, owing to his partial Indian ancestry.Fernandes was born in Kuala Lumpur on 30 April 1964 to a Goan father and a mother of mixed Indian (Malayalee) and Asian-Portuguese (Kristang) descent who had been raised in Malacca, Malaysia.