Forbes Asia — December 2017

(Jacob Rumans) #1

AHMAD ZAMRONI


1
R. BUDI & MICHAEL
HARTONO
$32.3 BILLION S
BANKING, TOBACCO AGES: 76, 77
2
EKA TJIPTA WIDJAJA
$9.1 BILLION S
PALM OIL AGE: 94
3
SUSILO WONOWIDJOJO
$8.8 BILLION S
TOBACCO AGE: 61
4
ANTHONI SALIM
$6.9 BILLION S
DIVERSIFIED AGE: 68
5
SRI PRAKASH LOHIA
$6.4 BILLION S
POLYESTER AGE: 65
6
BOENJAMIN SETIAWAN
$3.65 BILLION S
PHARMACEUTICALS
AGE: 84
7
CHAIRUL TANJUNG
$3.6 BILLION T
DIVERSIFIED AGE: 55
8
TAHIR
$3.5 BILLION S
DIVERSIFIED AGE: 65
9
MOCHTAR RIADY
$3 BILLION S
DIVERSIFIED AGE: 88
10
JOGI HENDRA ATMADJA
$2.7 BILLION S
CONSUMER GOODS
AGE: 71
11
PRAJOGO PANGESTU
$2.6 BILLION S
PETROCHEMICALS AGE: 73
12
MURDAYA POO
$2.2 BILLION
DIVERSIFIED AGE: 76

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ARINI SUBIANTO: NEXT CHAPTER
Indonesian tycoon Benny Subianto once told Forbes
Indonesia that he would like at least one of his three
daughters to take over his businesses. His wish was
finally fulfilled by his oldest daughter Arini Subianto,
47, who stepped into her father’s role shortly after his
death in January. Arini is now president director of the
family’s holding company, Persada Capital Investama,
and oversees its investments in everything from wood-
processing products and palm oil to rubber processors and
coal. Her youngest sister, Ardiani, 40, works with her while
sister Armeilia, 44, runs her own graphic-design business.

It’s a bit of a shift for Arini, a prominent socialite best
known for her love of books and gifts. In 2001, Arini, who
graduated from Parsons School of Design and got an
M.B.A. at Fordham (both in New York), opened a gift and
furniture shop in Jakarta. Two years later she merged her
shop with neighboring bookstore Aksara, cofounded by
her middle school friend Winfred Hutabarat. “We decided
to build something that’s unique in Jakarta, bringing
home the retail experience we had in the U.S.” Today
Aksara, which means “letters of the alphabet,” has three
locations. —Deniz Cam
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