Susilo Wonowidjojo

Susilo Wonowidjojo
[1]
Born Tjoa To Hing
Residence Indonesia
Citizenship Indonesia
Net worth $2.6 billion
Susilo Wonowidjojo
(Chinese Indonesian name)
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Hanyu Pinyin Cài Dàopíng

Susilo Wonowidjojo is an Indonesian billionaire businessman.

Wonowidjojo was born Cai Daoping ([2]) in Kediri, East Java to a prominent Chinese Indonesian (Hokchia totok) family.[2] He is the son of Surya Wonowidjojo, founder of Gudang Garam, a major Indonesian kretek (clove cigarette) manufacturer.[2]

With family, owns Gudang Garam, country's largest clove cigarette maker; name means "salt warehouse." Shares hit 4-year high in wake of big deal in which British American Tobacco bought majority stake in its rival Bentoel International. Susilo was named president in June, replacing nonfamily member who left in February. He and brother Sumarto sit on company's board while sister Juni Setiawati is a company commissioner. Brother Rachman Halim ran business until his 2008 death.[3]

Notes

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-25.
  2. 1 2 3 Leo Suryadinata. Prominent Indonesian Chinese: Biographical Sketches. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1995.


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