Anas' maternal grandfather, Abdul Rahman bin Ibrahim was a headmaster of a government school in Simpang Empat, Alor Setar Kedah.

As one of Malaysia's wealthiest merchants in the late 19th century, Haji Taib owned tin mines, plantation land and large numbers of houses and shops mostly in Malay Street (Jalan Melayu), Kuala Lumpur.

[6] Anas receives his preliminary education from Sekolah Rendah Islam Al-Amin (SRIAA) in Jalan Gurney, Kuala Lumpur.

He represented the school as part of the debating team for the Piala Perdana Menteri (PPM) in 1997, eventually winning third place at national level.

He joined the oil and gas industry with Sime Sembcorp Engineering and left as assistant project manager in 2004.

After that, Anas served Talisman Malaysia Limited for 10 years in various project management and developmental oil and gas roles in engineering, construction, hookup and commissioning, offshore and installation.

In 2020, he joined ProtectHealth Corporation Sdn Bhd as its Chief Executive Officer and became involved with the COVID-19 vaccination program in Malaysia in 2021 and 2022.

He later joined Duopharma Biotech Berhad pharmaceutical company as the Chief Executive Officer, Corporate in October 2022.

In 2014, Gerakbudaya published his best-selling book, entitled Rich Malaysia, Poor Malaysians: Essays on Energy, Economy and Education.

Both versions were launched in April 2014 by Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, Malaysia's former finance minister and also the founding chairman and CEO of Petronas.

[23] The content was updated with 13 additional chapters covering issues that are currently plaguing Malaysia such as healthcare, foreign workers, environment, the hollow economy, green technology, woman empowerment and others.

[26] Anas was formerly a Founding chief executive officer on the board of Teach for The Needs (TFTN),[27] a non-profit education-based civil society organisation[28] which houses 1,000 volunteers, 300 university students and adopts 12 orphanages.