Eka Tjipta Widjaja
| Eka Tjipta Widjaja (Oei Ek-Tjhong) |
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| Born |
3 October 1922 (age 94) Quanzhou, Fujian, Republic of China |
| Residence | Indonesia |
| Citizenship | Indonesia |
| Net worth | US$5.3 Billion |
| Eka Tjipta Widjaja (Chinese Indonesian name) |
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Huáng Yìcōng | ||||||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Huáng Yìcōng |
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| Hokkien POJ | Oei Ek-Tjhong |
Eka Tjipta Widjaja (Indonesian pronunciation: [ˈeka ˈtʃipta wiˈdʒaja]; traditional Chinese: ; simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: Huáng Yìcōng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Oei Ėk-Tjhong; born in Quanzhou, Fujian, China) is the founder of the Sinar Mas Group, which was one of the largest conglomerates during the Indonesian New Order period. His flagship bank, BII or Bank International Indonesia, bankrolled many of his other ventures that made him at one time the king of copra.
Eka Tjipta Widjaja was born Oei Ek Tjhong in 1922 in Quanzhou, Fujian (Fukien) Province, China. He was the son of a Sulawasi-based trader. He moved to Indonesia when he was 9 years old, and started selling biscuits at 17.
Mr. Widjaja received his honorary Doctorate degree in Economic from Pittsburgh State University.
He has since retired from the limelight and handed his business over to his children, in particular Indra, Teguh and Franky and grandson Eric Oei Kang, who headed up the Hong Kong-listed construction company Creator Holdings. Hong Kong Creator Holdings is now one of Hong Kong's most well known and prominent companies, with many projects in Asia. Widjaja's second son, Singapore tycoon Oei Hong Leong, is one of Southeast Asia's richest men, ranked by Forbes Magazine as #37, with a net worth of US$355 million.
The Sinar Mas Group also owns the Singaporean-listed Asia Pulp & Paper, a company that has been convicted of being involved in illegal logging in Cambodia,Yunnan Province, China, and the illegal felling of over 50 thousand acres (200 km²) of forest in Bukit Tigapuluh national park.
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