R. Budi Hartono
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Robert Budi Hartono is a Chinese Indonesian
tobacco
billionaire
with 2004 net worth US$2.2 billion. Owns and runs privately-held Djarum
, the world's third largest maker of clove cigarettes. Recently grabbing share from number two Sampoerna. Also has stake with his brother, Michael Bambang Hartono in one of Indonesia's biggest banks, Bank Central Asia
, formerly controlled by billionaire Liem Sioe Liong.
In 2009, his net worth reached US$4.7 billion and he was nominated as the 1st richest Indonesia, while Lien Sioe Liong was in 3rd and Sampoerna was in 4th rank.
Chinese Indonesian
Chinese Indonesians, also called the Indonesian Chinese, are an overseas Chinese group whose ancestors emigrated from China to Indonesia, formerly a colony of the Netherlands known as the Dutch East Indies...
tobacco
Tobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
billionaire
Billionaire
A billionaire, in countries that use the short scale number naming system, is a person who has a net worth of at least one billion units of a given currency, usually the United States dollar, Euro, or Pound sterling. Forbes magazine updates a complete list of U.S. dollar billionaires around the...
with 2004 net worth US$2.2 billion. Owns and runs privately-held Djarum
Djarum
Djarum is an Indonesian kretek manufacturer and currently the third largest after Gudang Garam and HM Sampoerna. It was founded in 1951 by Oei Wie Gwan and has 2 headquarters in Indonesia and Malaysia.-History:...
, the world's third largest maker of clove cigarettes. Recently grabbing share from number two Sampoerna. Also has stake with his brother, Michael Bambang Hartono in one of Indonesia's biggest banks, Bank Central Asia
Bank Central Asia
Bank Central Asia is an Indonesian bank founded on August 10, 1955.The Asian monetary crisis in 1997 had a tremendous impact on Indonesia’s entire banking system. In particular, it affected BCA’s cash flow and even threatened its survival. Panic rush forced the bank to seek assistance from the...
, formerly controlled by billionaire Liem Sioe Liong.
In 2009, his net worth reached US$4.7 billion and he was nominated as the 1st richest Indonesia, while Lien Sioe Liong was in 3rd and Sampoerna was in 4th rank.