BOH Plantations Sdn Bhd (doing business as BOH) is the largest black tea manufacturer in Malaysia, with both domestic and international distribution. The BOH tea plantation, which is located in Cameron Highlands, Pahang, is also the largest tea plantation in the country. It was founded in 1929 by J. A. Russell, a British-born businessman, during the British colonial era in Malaya; the plantation was the first hill country estate established in Malaya at the time.[4]
History
James Archibald Russell arrived in Kuala Lumpur in 1890 at age seven and learned to speak several Chinese languages, along with Malay. The primary export from Malaya, which was a British colony at the time, was tin. Prior to BOH, Russell had worked in the Straits Trading Company, where he made connections with wealthy Chinese tin miners thanks to his proficiency in their languages.[4] Besides investing in tin, Russell and his brothers (Philip, Donald, and Robert) put money in the nascent rubber industry in 1908. J. A. and Philip also invested in railway-related construction, including the new Kuala Lumpur railway station