Eka Tjipta Widjaja
Indonesian businessman (died 2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eka Tjipta Widjaja (Indonesian pronunciation: [ˈeka ˈtʃipta wiˈdʒaja]), born Oei Ek Tjong (Chinese: 黃奕聰; pinyin: Huáng Yìcōng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ûiⁿ E̍k Chhong), was an Indonesian business magnate who founded the Sinar Mas Group, one of the largest conglomerates in Indonesia. After immigrating to Indonesia with his family when he was a child, Widjaja became a member of the PCC, traded copra in the mid-1950s, moved into the palm oil industry soon after, started a paper factory in the 1970s, and then entered financial services in the 1980s. At the time of his death, Sinar Mas had interests in paper, real estate, financial services, agribusiness, and telecom with holdings primarily in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, and China, and Widjaja was listed by Forbes as the third-richest person in Indonesia with a net worth of approximately US$8.6 billion.
Eka Tjipta Widjaja | |
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Born | (1921-02-27)27 February 1921[1] or (1922-10-01)1 October 1922[2] or (1923-10-03)3 October 1923[3] or (1923-10-29)29 October 1923[4] |
Died | 26 January 2019(2019-01-26) (aged 97)[1] Jakarta, Indonesia |
Citizenship | Indonesia |
Spouses | |
Children | 40+, including Oei Hong Leong |
Relatives | Fuganto Widjaja (grandson) |
Chinese name | |
Traditional Chinese | 黃奕聰 |
Simplified Chinese | 黄奕聪 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Huáng Yìcōng |
Hokkien POJ | Ûiⁿ E̍k Chhong |