Rachman Halim
Encyclopedia
Rachman Halim was a Chinese Indonesian
businessman.
Halim was born Tjoa To Hing in Kediri, East Java
to a prominent Chinese Indonesian
(Hokchia totok) family. He was the first son of Surya Wonowidjojo
, founder of Gudang Garam, a major Indonesian kretek
(clove cigarette) manufacturer.
Halim succeeded his father to become the CEO of Gudang Garam in 1984, and expanded the company into other fields.
Forbes
, an American business publication, ranked him and his family as the richest in Indonesia for a number of years and listed them in 2005 as having a net worth of US$
2.8 billion.
Halim lived in Kediri and died at Mount Elizabeth Hospital
in Singapore
in 2008 after a week of treatment for a coronary
illness.
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...
businessman.
Halim was born Tjoa To Hing in Kediri, East Java
Kediri, East Java
Kediri is an Indonesian city, located near the Brantas River in the province of East Java on the island of Java.Archaeological artefacts discovered in 2007 appeared to indicate that the region around Kediri may have been the location of the Kediri kingdom, a Hindu kingdom in the 11th century.The...
to a prominent Chinese Indonesian
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...
(Hokchia totok) family. He was the first son of Surya Wonowidjojo
Surya Wonowidjojo
Surya Wonowidjojo was an Indonesian-born Chinese businessman.Wonowidjojo, sometimes spelt Wonowidjoyo, was a Chinese Indonesian born Tjoa Ing Hwie or Tjoa Jien Hwie in Yinxi , Fuqing in Fujian Province, China...
, founder of Gudang Garam, a major Indonesian kretek
Kretek
Kretek are cigarettes made with a blend of tobacco, cloves and other flavors. The word "kretek" itself is an onomatopoetic term for the crackling sound of burning cloves. Haji Jamahri, a resident of Kudus, Java, created kreteks in the early 1880s as a means to deliver the eugenol of cloves to the...
(clove cigarette) manufacturer.
Halim succeeded his father to become the CEO of Gudang Garam in 1984, and expanded the company into other fields.
Forbes
Forbes
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, an American business publication, ranked him and his family as the richest in Indonesia for a number of years and listed them in 2005 as having a net worth of US$
United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
2.8 billion.
Halim lived in Kediri and died at Mount Elizabeth Hospital
Mount Elizabeth Hospital
Mount Elizabeth Hospital is a 373-bed private hospital in Singapore operated by Parkway Health. It was started in 1976 and officially opened in 8 December 1979....
in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
in 2008 after a week of treatment for a coronary
Coronary circulation
Coronary circulation is the circulation of blood in the blood vessels of the heart muscle . The vessels that deliver oxygen-rich blood to the myocardium are known as coronary arteries...
illness.