U Thein Tun born 1931 - TT (as he is known) had a long and successful career in the Navy followed by a similarly successful business career. This episode covers his life to 1988

TT has had a stellar career and even at the age of 91 he continues to chair the wood processing company, Greengold Industrial Company Limited he co-founded in 1997. TT talks about how the country was run by foreigners during his childhood - not just the British - and the years during WW2 when the Japanese were in Myanmar. For me, one of the most interesting stories from those years is that, when the British left, there were very few technically trained people in the country - the Sco...